Louis Blair wrote:

Jeremy Spinrad wrote:

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People IN MORPHY'S TIME expressed skepticism about the
strain theory and their writings seem far more rational
to me than those of the strain theory advocates.

Me too. The facts seem to point towards the dislocation of Scottish &
Irish sheep farmers having to make a go of it in the "deep" southern
American regions, becoming successful etc. employing slaves to
accumulate wealth & co. yet, always the 'yearning' for home. Such is
brilliance, & it only came about by the grace of the English redcoat.
Eee! by-gumm! ..