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Miya's avatar

Loved the analysis (and the wit)! :)

One thing I have heard musings about that you didn't mention, but I think may be very relevant to Anthony's choice of song title: Richmond was the longest-running capital of the Confederacy. Gives "north of Richmond" a quite specific meaning, don't you think?

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Alex G's avatar

I would love to hear the left/progressive version of this song where the rich men north of Richmond refers to the supervisors of Henrico County, the political body to the north (and west) of Richmond City that has, for several generations, extracted wealth from Richmond's largely black population for the benefit of Henrico's largely (but not completely) white population.

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