HIST 2057 Chapter : HIST 2057 What Virtue There Is In Fire Practice Essays
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Book quiz notes: southerners sought to defend their actions against hose, to make. Why are there different versions of sam hose"s story? investigation was shadowy and didn"t mention many actual themselves look better to outsiders, and probably to ease their conscious a little about what they had done. On the contrary, people outside of the south tried to make hose a completely innocent man and a martyr, as shown by the apparent investigation of the incident by louis le vin from the north. More historically accurate? names of the people he supposedly interviewed. I believe that there is no way of knowing the true story anymore. However, the two extremes represented (black beast according to the georgians and martyr according to northerners) both seem to be more or less incorrect and definitely not historically accurate. This is probably due to the overwhelming sensationalism used in journalism during this time.