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Southern Postcard Ten thousand white-gloved dogwood butlers usher us through the South. Their black skins itch in livery, their bent waists ache with slavery, till June—not Lincoln—sets them free. But one has tossed his gloves down, see? Visions of Montgomery. History and wisteria. Star-crossed flag of the Confederacy. Everywhere bronze members of the cavalry guard their public square. Did Appomatox happen yet? And who surrendered—Grant or Lee? 38 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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