Teri’s Reviews > The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War > Status Update
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Wow—disturbing revelations about the ‘exalted’ Southern politician who coined the phrase ‘Cotton is King.’ It wasn’t enough that he was one of the south's most ardent supporters of slavery, and a brutal slave owner himself, but he was a pedophile who kept detailed, unapologetic accounts of the assaults in his diary. Sickening.
— Nov 21, 2025 06:54AM
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Teri
is on page 156 of 592
I’d long (and wrongly) believed that Lincoln’s inauguration set off the Southern states’ secession. I hadn’t appreciated how much tension had already been building beforehand, or that South Carolina had actually left the Union under President Buchanan. There were numerous events preceding Lincoln's presidency that had already provoked significant fear, hostility, and distrust in the South.
— Nov 28, 2025 07:30AM
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is on page 108 of 592
Interesting so far. This isn’t the breakneck pace I usually read at—there’s a lot to absorb here, lol. It’s slow going, but definitely good.
— Nov 27, 2025 08:04AM
