How could that be? Did the slave have citizenship? No, of course not. Therefore, it can't by definition be his country.
Statements like that are unbelievable. Just a cursory knowledge of the law of the land should prohibit one from even making that argument!
Helsinki syndrome, perhaps?
Brilliant!
Any black man or woman who voluntarily fought for the Confederacy was a damn fool.
"Did the slave have citizenship? No..."
This technically was correct. However, many "slaves" in the South were considered members of the family. Only about 20% of Southerners owned slaves. Of those only about 20% owned more than one slave. Most of them were field hands or helped in the house. They were called by the children "Uncle" or "Aunt". They certainly felt this was their country. In fact the first uniformed black troop was "The First South Carolina Volunteers" organized in 1862.
"How could that be? Did the slave have citizenship? No, of course not. Therefore, it can't by definition be his country."
Could you tell the soldiers in the U.S. Army who aren't U.S. citizens that? I'm sure they will appreciate the knowledge that the U.S. isn't and never will be their country.
As there are foreigners in the U.S. Army today, there were during the Civil War blacks fighting for the South because they anticipated being granted their freedom--not because they had it, because they wanted it. There were blacks fighting for America during the American Revolution given the same incentive.