[Non-Sequitur]

Any thing tending to change or weaken this government and the subordination between the races not only endangers the peace, but the very existence of our society itself.

Yep. It was unspeakable all right.

[PeaRidge]

You can take the quote and misinterpret it if you take pride in the result of your work. That is the nature of your posts.

Mary Chestnut in her memoirs wrote of the fear of slave rebellions.

On the very eve of secession, one of my relatives wrote to her daughter expressing the great fear of negro backlash.

And if you choose not to believe this, read the books on the subject written by those that experienced it.