2Results for "Daily Alabama Journal"
Stories
The Class of 1859 Prize and the Politics of “Friendship”
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Ten years after their graduation, alumni from the class of 1859 established a prize meant to demonstrate their class unity after the divisive Civil War years. Their efforts to reconcile North and South reflected a national trend to obscure serious ideological differences and the role of slavery in the Civil War.
Primary Sources
"Tribute of Respect"
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A statement of regret by the Whig and Clio societies over the death of one of their members, Norman A. Griffin, printed in a Montgomery newspaper.