Unnamed Northern Businessmen 2

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2020-02-23 15:30
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Unnamed Northern Businessmen 2
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Unnamed Northern Businessmen 2
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Ike McCaslin's account of the Civil War in Go Down, Moses juxtaposes the leaders of the Confederate cause with the various Yankees who opposed them. This entry represents his roster of the economic elite in northern and western states that didn't secede: "the wildcat manipulators" and land speculators, "the bankers," the landlords and factory owners (273).

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