Matt Fowler’s Reviews > The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War > Status Update

A remarkable achievement bringing the story of the tumble towards war to modern ears. The Chivalry’s love of Ivanhoe, the new nobility, manor houses with their own livery attempted to form a new nation. A rich agricultural-powered new entrant onto the world stage. But, the foundation was chattel slavery. In a day South Carolina planters “lost” $330,000,000 in capital and the only economical way to harvest.