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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Historical Image of the Day

The ruins of Charleston, South Carolina, epicenter of treason in defense of slavery, 1865

Posted by Erik Loomis at 8:22 AM

Labels: 1860s, Historical Images, Reconstruction, South Carolina, The Civil War

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