[central_va]

Here is another lie that the Free Republic Union liars and Lincoln butt boys like to tell: There were no black Confederate Solders.

n arguing that there were some black Confederates, Stauffer draws on at least one ironic source: 19th-century social reformer Frederick Douglass, whose life Stauffer studied for his 2008 book “Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.” In August 1861, Douglass published an account of the First Battle of Bull Run, which noted that there were blacks in the Confederate ranks. A few weeks later, Douglass brought the subject up again, quoting a witness to the battle who said they saw black Confederates “with muskets on their shoulders and bullets in their pockets.”

[rockrr]

again, no one except you is making that claim. Grow up.

[Sherman Logan]

There were blacks in the ranks,primarily as servants of officers. Some probably went armed and even fired on the enemy, as slaves have done throughout history.

But the CSA specifically excluded blacks from service as soldiers. They didn’t relent till about six weeks before the war ended, and then only on the plea of General Lee himself.

BTW, a slave fighting for his master’s cause shows about as much belief in that cause as the actions of the horse the master rides. Slaves, by definition, cannot be volunteers.

[DoodleDawg]

In August 1861, Douglass published an account of the First Battle of Bull Run, which noted that there were blacks in the Confederate ranks.

In what units?

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In arguing that there were some black Confederates, Stauffer draws on at least one ironic source: 19th-century social reformer Frederick Douglass, whose life Stauffer studied for his 2008 book “Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.” In August 1861, Douglass published an account of the First Battle of Bull Run, which noted that there were blacks in the Confederate ranks. A few weeks later, Douglass brought the subject up again, quoting a witness to the battle who said they saw black Confederates “with muskets on their shoulders and bullets in their pockets.”

How did the witnesses know that?

What were they doing fishing around in the black Confederates' pants?