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January 15, 2011

Confederate California

No, this isn't alt-history. But, it's new to me. The Disunion "section" within the NYT's Opinionator column notes that, after its statehood in 1850, some Southerners surreptitiously brought slaves to California. And, a secessionist flag was briefly raised in 1861.

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