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Every so often a thread pops up claiming that the Civil War had its origins in a deep racial divide between an Anglo-Saxon North and a Celtic South. In one thread I posted evidence that there were more Celts (Irish and Scottish) in the North than in the South.
In my readings of primary sources from the white South, I rarely encounter the idea of a Celtic South. Typically, Southern whites refer to themselves as Anglo-Saxon.
I was prompted to post this thread because I read yet another piece by Southern whites echoing the claim of being Anglo-Saxons.
http://www.confederatepastpresent.o...catid=37:the-nadir-of-race-relations&back=yes
In my readings of primary sources from the white South, I rarely encounter the idea of a Celtic South. Typically, Southern whites refer to themselves as Anglo-Saxon.
I was prompted to post this thread because I read yet another piece by Southern whites echoing the claim of being Anglo-Saxons.
http://www.confederatepastpresent.o...catid=37:the-nadir-of-race-relations&back=yes