(07-21-2019, 07:00 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(07-21-2019, 03:02 PM)B2hibry Wrote: Way to miss the point. It was not deflection but inclusion. Black slave owners existed and wanted economic prosperity as much as whites. If we look at Ellison, not only did this free slave own slaves, he devoted his entire wealth to supporting the Confederacy. From plantation crops to taxes, to bond purchases. Let us not forget over 65,000 blacks served in the Confederate military. There is a side that doesn't get talked about like it should. Whitewashing history like this is dishonest.

The overwhelming majority were not allowed to have weapons.  Most served as forced laborers, building roads, etc.  Of the few who did actually fight for the Confederacy, most either did so under duress or the misguided hope of improving their status and earning freedom.

Whitewashing history, indeed.

Thanks for proving my whitewashing point. You fail to recognize that blacks were just as ingrained into slavery as whites. They were establishing wealth on the backs of slaves just like the evil whites.

As to the civil war, consider the fact that blacks were not free as of yet and could not fight whether for the Union or the Confederacy. They simply were not able to take up arms by law. With that said, the Confederate victory at First Manassas was because of blacks within the ranks whether as a service corp or fighter. Confederate numbers dwarfed Union numbers because of blacks. Frederick Douglas was pissed that blacks would take up arms for the Confederacy, yet the Lincoln Administration strictly forbid it..."fighting the rebels with only one hand, the white one." Sadly, the Union quickly turned to "contraband" to support Union war efforts.

Frederick Douglas states in 1861, "it is now pretty well established that there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants, and laborers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets. Slaveholders accept the aid of the black man," he said. "Why should a good cause be less wisely conducted?"

If anyone accepts blacks freely fought for the Union, you would also have to admit they freely fought for the Confederacy.

Fun facts. There were large groups of light-skinned blacks that fought for the Confederacy because they felt closer to the planter class (half white blood).

Support Dem, support slavery.

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