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Harsh historical reality. People justly talk about the evils of slavery in America, but remember this too: Only white males were subject to Civil War conscription. 25% were killed in the Civil War – not even counting crippling injuries. Sometimes, it was safer to be a slave.
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Noooo, is this for real?!?!
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THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL WAR
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On the union side maybe
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*On both sides, absolutely
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Well, certainly on both sides, it's just that on the Confederate side they were all slaves and on the Union side some of them were soldiers.
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Here too "In those same Official Records, no Confederate ever references having black soldiers under his in his unit, although references to laborers are common. "
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That is just ignorant. If I had a choice between safety and freedom, most of us, pick freedom.
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Being conscripted to war is the opposite of freedom.
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Have you not heard of Fort Pillow, Stefan? Or of the standing Confederate orders to shot or re-enslave any freedman or escaped slave who took up arms against them?
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Sure it does; I gave an example of something black soldiers were subjected to at the same time as white soldiers were. As for the statistic, Molyneux gives no citation, so I'm not sure where he's gotten that from.
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A. They did allow slaves to fight, reluctantly, 1866. B. They likely weren't quick to let them fight b/c they didn't want them to know how to fight, enabling them to revolt against their oppressors. C. They had other work for them. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederacy-approves-black-soldiers … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_during_the_American_Civil_War …pic.twitter.com/VjYVCtfIrQ
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Your highlight specifies that they were used for noncombatant purposes. They weren't serving in the military, they were simply being used as slaves by the military.
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Late run for most pants-on-head ridiculous tweet of the year.pic.twitter.com/9WyRbETjiw
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A soldier and a slave lived entirely different lives... How can we make any reasonable comparison?
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True but I think it's more neither are doing it of their own volition. The slaves being slaves, and the troops being conscripted
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