It passed the Confederate Congress when it was too late. Many blacks served in the Confederate Army regardless.
The numbers are in high dispute. See my note above.
It passed the Confederate Congress when it was too late.”
A great, poignant screenplay could be written about this. Don’t think anyone would touch it, because it would introduce too much human complexity into the situation and the education/entertainment just wants to paint a good/evil picture of north and south.
At the minimum, an epic poem should render this amazing, bizarre, tragic, and beautiful moment in history for posterity.