[WhiskeyPapa]

Confederates were barred from holding office - yes or no. So who crafted those laws against blacks?

Not for long. But I guess you missed this:

" Between 1868 and 1871, terrorist organizations, especially the Ku Klux Klan, murdered blacks and whites who tried to exercise their right to vote or receive an education. The Klan, working with Democrats in several states, used fraud and violence to help whites regain control of their state governments."

What black rebel soldiers there were -- and there were no more than a handful -- were shamefully treated after the war.

Walt

[4CJ]

What black rebel soldiers there were -- and there were no more than a handful -- were shamefully treated after the war.

So you consider all those receiving Confederate pensions and attending Confederates reunions to be liars. Have you no shame? The men fought for their country, and you denigrate their service.

What was shameful was Lincoln wanting to reward black Union soldiers with a free boat ride to Panama to dig a canal.