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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 29 Apr 2019

    "What if some people agreed to be slaves," like "what if some slaves fought for the Confederacy," is an angels-on-a-pinhead debate. It applies to so few-if-any people, historically speaking, that debating it sheds light on nothing.

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      1. Forrest Chump‏ @ForrestChump_ 29 Apr 2019
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        Oh it sheds light on something alright

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      1. Pillage Idiot‏ @pillageidiot 29 Apr 2019
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        Exodus 21:5

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      2. The World Will Look Up And Shout "Save Us"‏ @AndIllWhisperNo 29 Apr 2019
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        Well, the town I used to live in had a "Faithful Slaves of the Confederacy" monument. There's a lot of crazy in this world. http://www.wbtv.com/story/35474531/fort-mill-confederate-memorial-dedicated-to-slaves-is-raising-questions/ …

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 29 Apr 2019
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        Wow. And who knows? Maybe some did, maybe some didn't. Historians are still fighting over small numbers at the margins. But they are totally irrelevant to the larger story.

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      1. Aaron Sharp‏ @aaronesharp 29 Apr 2019
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        It sheds light on the person making that argument.

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      2. TR1989‏ @ToddRichardson2 29 Apr 2019
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        You know more about CW than I ever will, but weren't there slaves who went w/ their masters? They didn't fight, but present at battles "assisting" by prepping food, supplies, aiding wounded etc?

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      3. aYlen 😷_wRight‏ @AyleneWright 29 Apr 2019
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        Yes but they were *slaves* and therefore, didn't have much of a choice in the matter.

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      1. MasterThief, Veni Meteora Magna‏ @MasterThiefEsq 29 Apr 2019
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        Also, pretty much by definition wasn’t chattel slavery of the 16th-19th centuries an involuntary institution? I’m no historian, but I do remember that those who agreed to be slaves were not called slaves, they were called indentured servants. (And they were usually white too...)

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