Secession

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Ryan Turnipseed

Before the American Revolution, there were the Levellers, who sought liberty during the English Civil War. While their influence on the American colonists would be indirect, nonetheless, many of their ideas reflected what came after American independence.

David Gordon

While Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.

George Ford Smith

America recently celebrated Independence Day, but Americans were too quick to abandon their own individual freedoms and individual sovereignty and submit to the state.

Wanjiru Njoya

What do we mean by “states‘ rights”? Mises scholar, Wanjiru Njoya, takes us through the discussion to show us how different people have tried to define and explain that term.

Wanjiru Njoya

Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the causes are much more complex than the simple “slavery existed” narrative.