The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong. ~ BGen Howell Cobb, CSA
Actually, I was quite surprised to learn that a statistically-significant number of blacks DID fight for the Confederacy . . . better the devil you know than the one you don't, maybe?
Actually, I was quite surprised to learn that a statistically-significant number of blacks DID fight for the Confederacy . . . better the devil you know than the one you don't, maybe?
ReplyDeleteIt's a puzzling phenomenon -- kind of like gay Republicans.
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