Melissa DeVelvis
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Melissa DeVelvis
@melissadevelvis.org
GA/SC boundary dweller, historian of women & the U.S. South. Author of Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859-1861. Bit.ly/genderingsecession
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This!!! I wish I was warned it was more than just an AI opt-out. Would still do it but still...
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Love to be charmed by near death when I kick off a global conflict
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm just so allergic to speaking in absolutes like that!
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
1) he is!
2) how DARE u
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I'm glad my question found *checks book title* the most perfect person to answer lol

I just couldn't tell if he was refusing to help his "Ethiopian Regiment" in particular, based on the doc language

The part about the island was devastating
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
!!! Today I learned! Honestly surprised his opponents didn't latch on to that in their extremely angry reactions to the Proclamation
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Based on quick googles of people I don't know when they speak, it looks like a doctorate gets you the historian label
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM