[Non-Sequitur]

I guess all those 'black confederates' should have recruited more heavily among Jeff's own chattel.

[deannadurbin]

“because Davis saw him as a “piece of furniture” — not a human, according to Ken Dagler”

Strictly his opinion, unconfirmed.

[Badeye]

I’m sure the man was ‘spying’. But given the time it took to get the information into the hands of anyone remotely close to Union high command, I have serious doubts as to the worth tactically or strategically.

[marron]

Jackson wasn't the only spy. There were hundreds of them. In some cases, the slaves made it to the North, only to return to the South to risk being hanged. One Union general wrote that he counted on black spies in Tennessee because "no white man had the pluck to do it."

Good article.

[Non-Sequitur]

Bubba bump

[Tallguy]

You have to be suspicious of inflated claims during “Black History Month”. Many stories have a grain of truth in them but are nonetheless blown way out of proportion.

The first question that leaps to mind is was this slave literate? Next was he able to comprehend military details sufficiently well to know what to convey to his handlers?

Just askin’

[trumandogz]

If true, William Jackson is an American Hero.

[JimSEA]

Davis saw him as a "piece of furniture" -- not a human

The belief that a group of people are not really human is behind slavery, ethnic cleansing, religious war (jihadi's view of Jews, Americans, etc.). Just take a look at the writing about the "enemy" during any war. Look at Arab newspapers now. When you stop looking a people as humans, they are much easier to enslave, starve or otherwise kill.

[RichInOC]

“You mean I wasn’t the first?”

[ottbmare]

What an exciting and fascinating story. Someone ought to use this as the basis for a novel.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Fascinating -- Demwit water carrier Amazon doesn't carry the book, or at least, it doesn't turn up in a search. I first searched by title, got a bunch of hits that didn't match, along with a list of common related searches with the author's name (i.e., I'm not the first to look there for it) and got no hits. The author's name by itself also turned up bupkis.

This one turned up, a CIA publication:

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Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War by P.K. Rose

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[SunkenCiv]

In Douglass Tribute, Slave Folklore and Fact Collide
NY Times | January 23, 2007 | NOAM COHEN
Posted on 01/23/2007 6:46:55 PM PST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1772607/posts