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You attempt to make it sound like Jackson was unique and some sort of anti-slavery activist because he taught a Sunday school for free blacks and slaves, some of which were his own. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Jackson was no different than tens of thousands of other slave owners who saw to it that their chattel were taught the Bible and were exposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The slave narratives are full of such accounts. Rather than being rebels, Jackson and the others merely belonged to churches throughout the south sponsored such schools. There is nothing special or out of the ordinary in what Jackson did. He was not anti-slavery in any way, regardless of what "Gods and Generals" would have us believe.

[4CJ]

You attempt to make it sound like Jackson was unique and some sort of anti-slavery activist because he taught a Sunday school for free blacks and slaves, some of which were his own.

No, I pointed out that Jackson started the school. A school that had previously been attempted failed. And Jackson was not unique in this regard, nor have I ever claimed he was.

In my 493, I wrote, 'Stonewall gave them a gift far better than a toy, he shared the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour with them. He organized a Sunday School class for them (and other slaves) in 1855 at the Lexington Presbyterian Church where he served as deacon. Up to 100 slaves attended services. Jackson gave them books and Bibles as a reward for their efforts.'

To which you replied in 494, 'Partly correct. Jackson taught the Sunday school it is true. But the school was sponsored by the Presbyterian church and had been in place before Jackson began teaching it, and continued after he left. The school was open to free blacks as well as slaves. Such schools were common throughout the south where the churches and slave-owners both considered it their Christian duty to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to their heathen chattel. Jackson did not give them books or Bibles since reading was not taught in the class.'

To which I posted references from those that knew Jackson well refuting the assertion that the school 'been in place before Jackson began teaching it', and that 'Jackson did not give them books or Bibles'. The remaining points of your posts were correct.