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1846 — Not 1861 — Reminds Us Why Seceding Won’t Work For Disgruntled Trump Supporters

Trump fans are better off as Americans.

by Thomas Richards Jr. via Made By History on January 4, 2021

Breakaway Americas: The Unmanifest Future of the Jacksonian United States

Thomas Richards Jr.

The Unfinished Business of 1776: Why the American Revolution Never Ended

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The Spirit of ’76

What is living and what is dead in our memory of the American Revolution.

by David Waldstreicher via Boston Review on June 17, 2026

Pieces of the American Flag cut up to resemble the Texas flag

We Need to Talk About Secession

With chatter about Texas leaving the union on the rise, two new books remind us what it was like the last time we tried to go it alone.

by Casey Michel via Texas Monthly on December 12, 2020

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