How about a quote, in context of course, from any Southern leader who believed the black man was their equal in any way?
And don't barf up that Forrest quote again. Even if he actually said it he doesn't mention equality.
“And don’t barf up that Forrest quote again. Even if he actually said it he doesn’t mention equality.”
If President Lincoln is to be believed, Thomas Jefferson, a southerner, was a proponent of equality for all men.
What next? Will you claim that since 1776 northerners were strong supporters of equal right for women, too?