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Blogs Liberty and Power Antebellum Filibustering: The U.S. as a "Rogue Nation"

Apr 16, 2004

Antebellum Filibustering: The U.S. as a "Rogue Nation"

by Liberty and Power

Historian Robert E. May has a fascinating piece noting that much of the world during the antebellum era regarded the U.S. as a haven for terrorists (filibusters).