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<p> [[President]] of the Confederate States, born in Kentucky; entered the army; fought against the Indians; turned cotton-planter; entered [[Congress]] as a Democrat; distinguished himself in the Mexican war; defended slave-holding and the interests of slave-holding States; was chosen President of the Confederate States; headed the conflict with the North; fled on defeat, which he was the last to admit; was arrested and imprisoned; released after two years; retired into private life, and wrote a "History of the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1808-1889). </p> | Jefferson Davis <ref name="term_71660" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[President]] of the [[Confederate]] States, born in Kentucky; entered the army; fought against the Indians; turned cotton-planter; entered [[Congress]] as a Democrat; distinguished himself in the Mexican war; defended slave-holding and the interests of slave-holding States; was chosen President of the Confederate States; headed the conflict with the North; fled on defeat, which he was the last to admit; was arrested and imprisoned; released after two years; retired into private life, and wrote a "History of the [[Rise]] and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1808-1889). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71660"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/davis,+jefferson Jefferson Davis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71660"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/davis,+jefferson Jefferson Davis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:12, 15 October 2021
Jefferson Davis [1]
President of the Confederate States, born in Kentucky; entered the army; fought against the Indians; turned cotton-planter; entered Congress as a Democrat; distinguished himself in the Mexican war; defended slave-holding and the interests of slave-holding States; was chosen President of the Confederate States; headed the conflict with the North; fled on defeat, which he was the last to admit; was arrested and imprisoned; released after two years; retired into private life, and wrote a "History of the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1808-1889).
