But all that is going to do is prejudice the black kids against the grey, and against symbols of the Confederacy, we'll give them a misunderstanding about what the war was really about. We know where the free black enclaves were in the Southeast, whats so hard with putting on that little form, it's not like this is reality anyway, that they're from said enclave, and giving them an occupation that would have existed in these enclaves. It gives a more balanced telling of the war, maybe even organizing a replica black unit, under the command of a black officer, all in grey, if we're going to give accurate history.
Azela,
You are NOT offering "balance" with your lame attempt to wash slavery away!
The reenactor said GEORGIA in 1860. He did NOT say New Orleans! He did not even generalize it to "the south". He said Georgia. The REALITY is that in Georgia the stats were that less than 1% of blacks in that state were free blacks in 1860. Reality is a tough one, eh?
Or are you one of those who want to pretend that slavery didn't really even exist during the Civil War?