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To: 2Trievers
Thank you; you beat me to that.

Here is one about the men who followed the great Chieftain:

During the early 1900's, many members of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) advocated awarding former slaves rural acreage and a home. There was hope that justice could be given those slaves that were once promised "forty acres and a mule" but never received any. In the 1913 Confederate Veteran magazine published by the UCV, it was printed that this plan "If not Democratic, it is [the] Confederate" thing to do. There was much gratitude toward former slaves, which "thousands were loyal, to the last degree", now living with total poverty in the big cities. Unfortunately, their proposal fell on deaf ears on Capitol Hill.

--http://www.37thtexas.org/html/BlkHist.html

11 posted on 01/19/2002 5:21:59 PM PST by LadyJD
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To: LadyJD
In the 1913 Confederate Veteran magazine published by the UCV.... First I have heard about this. How widepread was this sentiment?
70 posted on 01/20/2002 2:34:04 PM PST by RobbyS
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