[Riverman94610]

True enough.Guess its just a case of the absurd and paradoxical state of the human mind!
We are not a logical species.

[Larry Lucido]

Don't forget Soros.

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "We are not a logical species."

Not so fast. You have an advantage that the slave did not; you know the outcome of the war.

It is possible to consider the best chances for earning your freedom was to fight for the South and be granted your freedom as a reward, while the success of the North was by no means certain, at least in the minds of those living at the time. Even many in the North thought the South could win the war and there were a few moments when the political will was very precarious. Many credit the force of will of Lincoln with getting the Union through those periods.