How many members of this list have read Harry Turtledove's "The Guns of the South"? In it, Turtledove posits that South African apartheid supporters have figured out how to travel through time and bring machine guns to the Southern forces. He plays out the war from there, with Lee coming to support gradual abolition. It's a good read and an interesting thought experiment. Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_the_South. Hope list members enjoy this small digression. Martha Katz-Hyman Independent Curator (and reader of science fiction) ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html