The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Explained

Patterned on the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was written during February and March 1861 by a committee of twelve Southern political leaders, whose states had recently seceded from the Union. A revolutionary document then as now, its writers and supporters hoped the CS Constitution would continue the conservative values of America's first and purest constitution, the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789), which had been penned expressly for the new United States of America-widely known as "the Confederate States of America." Thus, in March 1861, the Southern Founding Fathers naturally named their new country "the Confederate States of America." Though the CS Constitution has long been unfairly relegated to the historical scrap heap by liberals and the pro-North movement, in truth it is more relevant today than it was at the time of its inception, on the eve of Lincoln's illegal and unnecessary war against states' rights. For the US government has grown into a monstrous tyrannical body that would not even be recognizable by its own founders-men who intentionally filled the US Constitution with countless restrictions to prevent this very type of out-of-control expansion. In an effort to remind us of what we have lost, as well as what we might regain in the future, award-winning author and unreconstructed Southern historian Lochlainn Seabrook has brought this important document back to life in his educational book "The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Explained." After a brief introduction concerning the history of the CS Constitution, Mr. Seabrook takes the reader on an enlightening journey of discovery through every one of the document's 103 clauses. Arcane and often undecipherable 18th- and 19th-Century wording is explained in plain English, while the Constitution's numerous political provisions are laid out in simple terms that both the scholar and the layperson will appreciate. An in-depth index and bibliography are included. This is a small but truly significant work that is sure to change the way you look at the Confederacy, the US government, and our three American constitutions. An attractive, unique, affordable, and tourist-friendly work that will appeal to both Civil War buffs and historical educators alike, "The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Explained" is the perfect addition to any retail outlet, including not only bookstores, but Civil War sites, historic houses, and museum gift stores. Civil War scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens and John S. Mosby, is the most prolific and popular pro-South writer in the world today. Known as the "new Shelby Foote," he is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal and the author of over 45 books. A seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage and the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Mr. Seabrook has a forty-year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the runaway bestsellers "Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!"; "Confederate Flag Facts: What Every American Should Know About Dixie's Southern Cross"; "Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition"; and "The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn't Want You to Know About Lincoln's War."