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| WITH ALL THE COTREVERSY OVER THE FLAG LATELY I WANTED TO ADD SOME KNOWLEDGE TO THE SUBJECT AS TO THE ROLL OF COLOREDS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE ROLL OF THE BLACK CONFEDERATE SOLDIER DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES I HAVE FOUND TO BE REMARKABLE. THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLACKS THAT SERVED THE CONFEDERACY.AN ESTIMATED 25% OF FREE BLACK MEN AND 15% OF SLAVES ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE SOUTH DURING THE WAR. IN FACT THE FIRST UNION OFFICER, MAJOR THEDORE WINTHROP WAS KILLED BY SAM ASHE A BLACK CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.HORACE KING,FORMER SLAVE AND FAMED BRIDGE ENGINEER,RECEIVED NAVAL CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING CONFEDERATE WARSHIPS. CAPTURED DICK POPLAR SUFFERED CRUELTY FROM YANKEE NEGRO GUARDS AT FT. LOOKOUT. JOHN W. BUCKNER( A BLACK PRIVATE ) WAS WOUNDED AT FT.WAGNER WHILE REPULSING THE U.S. 54TH MASS. REGT.(WHICH WAS A COLORED REGIMENT)AND I KNOW THE LIST GOES ON. Go to top of page!!!! |
| CONTINUED FROM BOTTOM OF PAGE HERE ARE SOME OTHER POINTS TO PONDER.. MANY BLACKS OWNED SLAVES. IN FACT IN 1861,CHARLESTON, A FREE BLACK PLANTER OWNED 70 SLAVES AND IN 1850 EIGHT BLACK PLANTERS OWNED 17 SLAVES. A PROVISION IN THE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION ROHIBTED THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (UNLIKE THE US CONSTITUTION) C.S. GEN. ROBERT E. LEE FREED HIS SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR. UNION GEN. U.S. GRANT KEPT HIS SLAVES WELL INTO THE WAR .UNION APPLICANTS DURING THE WAR WERE ASKED FOR THEIR RACE ON APPLICATIONS BUT CONFEDERATES WERE NOT. I AGREE THAT SLAVERY WAS WRONG, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO START BLAMING SOMEONE WE SHOULD LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. THE UNION WAS JUST AS MUCH AT FAULT AS WELL AS THE SOUTH AND OTHER FREE BLACK MEN. WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF OUR ROOTS NO MATTER WHAT RACE WE ARE.WE ARE ALL UNITED UNDER ONE FLAG NOW AND THE CONFEDERATE FLAG SHOULD ONLY BE DEPICTED AS A SYMBOL OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNICS AND COLORS. THE END |
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| Black is Nothing Other Than a Darker Shade of Rebel Grey |
| Rebelaires " Ragged Rebel Blues" |