American Civil War – Ingliando

On this day the state of South Carolina voted 169-0 to secede from the United States, declaring itself an independent commonwealth. The other southern cotton states of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were quick to follow suit. Fear was in the air in the South that the new President, Abraham Lincoln, would stop the expansion of slavery and put it on a course toward extinction. The secession of the southern states led to the American Civil War [1861-1865] which resulted in defeat for the South and, eventually, to the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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On this day the film ‘Gone with the Wind’, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, premiered in Atlanta. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the film tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh), the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, and her romantic adventures. Immensely popular when first released, ‘Gone with the Wind’ became the highest-earning film made up to that point and held the record for over a quarter of a century. When adjusted for monetary inflation, it is still the highest-earning film in history.

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