Neo-Confederates Spotted in New England!
September 27, 2013
The first Americans to threaten secession in the post-Revolutionary era were New Englanders who quite violently opposed the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The early New England secession movement culminated with the Hartford Secession Convention of 1814.
In the tradition of their New England secessionist forefathers, some Maine communities are considering secession as a means of battling predatory tax increases.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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