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🔴 **A Dutch Confederate: Charles Liernur Defends Slavery in America**

"_The letters of Charles Liernur, a Dutch-born Confederate, provide a unique insight into the mind of an explicit supporter of slavery in an American context. How and why a Dutchman could defend slavery is the primary question this article addresses._"

Douma, M.J. (2017) “A Dutch Confederate: Charles Liernur Defends Slavery in America”, BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 132(2), pp. 27–50. doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.103

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attribution: De Ingenieur, 8 1893, nr. 13 (via Delpher.nl), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

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