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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: 1876 Pt 1 - Hamburg, South Carolina
Description: There are those  who will tell you that "We have never been more divided." As I have long said,  they know nothing of American History.
In the summer of  1876, a mere six years since the 15th Amendment had been ratified, a political movement known as the Bourbon Democrats set its sights on repeating their success the previous year in Mississippi. This time their target was South Carolina. In keeping with their ideology, there were absolutely no limits on the lengths to which they would go to restore their power in the  State.
Their candidate for Gove...