He claimed African slavery was a natural course of action and asserted that the U.S. Constitution's declaration of racial equality was fundamentally wrong in his famous Cornerstone Speech at the dawn of the Civil War.
His re-election to Congress in 1872 outraged many northerners, leading them to question whether the North had really won the Civil War. He claimed African slavery was a natural course of action and asserted that the U.S. Constitution's declaration of racial equality was fundamentally wrong in his famous Cornerstone Speech at the dawn of the Civil War. FTP, identify this man who is best known for being the vice president of the Confederacy.
His re-election to Congress in 1872 outraged many northerners, leading them to question whether the North had really won the Civil War.
Alexander {Stephens}