I have had the Internet Archive archive many of the neo-Confederate web pages if they delete them.
This is the letter I sent.
February
26, 2019
Edward
H. Sebesta
edwardsebesta@gmail.com
Dixie
Pomerat
President
UUFM
XXXXXXXX
Mobile,
AL 36608
Dear
Dixie Pomerat:
I wish to
add a note about the neo-Confederate movement’s special hostility against the
Unitarians. They view the Civil War as a theological conflict and the
Unitarians and Transcendentalists as agents who led the nation into civil war
and a campaign to destroy antebellum
society. Dr. Euan Hague and I had an
article published at the Canadian Review
of American Studies, Univ. of Toronto Press, in 2002. The article is
available online https://muse.jhu.edu/article/680125/summary.
I can get you a pdf if you have issues with that site.
Though
the article limited to 7,000 words focuses on Transcendentalists,
neo-Confederate writing considers Unitarianism to be largely the same.
In this
issue of their magazine, http://www.scv.org/new/confederate-veteran-magazine-jan-feb-2016/,
(Starts on page 55), you will see a review of a book, “Cultures in Conflict:
The Union Desecration of Southern Churches and Cemeteries,” by Charles A.
Jennings. The review is by Dr. Boyd D. Cathey. Unitarianism is specifically
mentioned in the review. In a more recent issue is an article complaining that
a conservative philosopher should have attacked Unitarians rather than
Puritans. http://www.scv.org/new/confederate-veteran-magazine-may-june/.
(Starts on page 18.)
I hope
you take seriously security during the SCV reunion in Mobile, Alabama. Please
contact me if you wish to see additional documentation of their hostility.
Sincerely
Yours,
Edward
H. Sebesta
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