Minorities During the War Between the States: Collected Resources

05-September-2006 | Various

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There has been alot of discussion on FR about minority status in the War Between the States.

This thread is a collection of links and articles for reference. Please add others if applicable.

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BLACKS

Blacks, Jews Fight on Side of the South
The Washington Times ^ | June 15, 2002 | Thomas C. Mandes

Blacks join Confederate Army heritage group
The Michigan Citizen ^ | 20 Feb 04 | Keisha Stewart

Black Confederate veteran to get proper memorial at Blandford
progress index ^ | 17 sept 2004 | F.M. WIGGINGS

Black service, on both sides, in the Civil War
The State ^ | 19 February 2004 | JACKIE R. BOOKER

Black man supports Confederate flag in march
heraldsun ^ | Oct 31, 2003 | Hunter Lewis

Black Confederates
phxnews ^ | January 8, 2004 | Charles Goodson

Black Confederate soldiers overlooked during Black History Month
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 2/27/5 | EDWARD A. BARDILL

Black Confederate-flag supporter irks some on march to Texas
AP ^ | October 27, 2002

Quotations on Black Confederates
Posted on 03/17/2004

Ohatchee marker to have names of black and white Confederate vets
TuscaloosaNews ^ | June 22, 2004 | ap

Natchez(Ms)conference explores Free Blacks in the Antebellum South (Imagine That)
Gulf Live .com ^ | 2/21/2005, 12:00 a.m. CT | By KATHY HANRAHAN

DIXIE'S CENSORED SUBJECT BLACK SLAVEOWNERS
americancivilwar.com ^ | 1997 | Robert M. Grooms

Did free blacks support the Confederacy during the Civil War? Novel on blacks in Confederate South
Coatesville Ledger ^ | January 16, 2003 | Bryan G. Robinson

An opposing view: Descendant of black Confederate soldier speaks at museum
Thomasville Times-Enterprise ^ | 24 Feb 2004 | Mark Lastinger

UDC marks another black Confederate grave
xville chronicle ^ | August 17, 2006 | Clayta Richards

Black Man Was a Rock Hill Leader Before Integration (Belonged to KKK? a redshirt? in 1870s SC)
The Charlotte Observer ^ | Feb. 15, 2004 | LOUISE PETTUS

Confederate culture too
The News & Observer ^ | November 24, 2002 | Jonathan Zimmerman

Confederate Group to Rebury Two Black Federal Soldiers; graves collapsing into ravine
The Clarion-Ledger ^ | 1 Jan 03 | Ernest Herndon

Confederate group, blacks to clean up cemetery
charlotte.com ^ | Jan. 26, 2005 | ap

Confederate group, blacks to clean up cemetery [NC]
Herald-Sun.com ^ | January 26, 2005 | The Associated Press

Digs unearth slave plantations in North
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 03/02/03 | Mike Toner

Former NAACP leader supports Confederate flag
Vol TV ^ | July 4, 2005

Former Slave's Family Sees Him Honored At Last
Tampa Tribune ^ | May 31 2003 | JACKLYN MELTON, JACQUI CLARK, KELLY ICARDI and JENNIFER LeFLEUR

It's no wonder Yankees keep repeating the fight-for-slavery lie
Source: Published in The Orlando Sentinel on April 11, 2000

North wavered on slavery
AJC.com ^ | 3-4-2003 | CAROLE E. SCOTT

Opposing slavery and Yankees in U.S. Civil War
The Toronto Star ^

Rhode Island slaves had critical role in American Revolution
The Providence Journal ^ | 11/18/04 | Steve Peoples

Slaveowners in the North
AJC ^ | 03/02/2003 | Mike Toner

Slavery in the North
Unnamed ^ | 2003 | Douglas Harper

The Other Side Of Slavery; A British Perspective
http://www.referendum.1hwy.com/custom3.html ^ | Unknown

The South was Not Responsible for Slavery
Author: Arthur H. Jennings

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin
12/16/03 | Gail Jarvis

 

Understanding History: Slavery and the American South
EverVigilant.net ^ | 06/09/2005 | Lee R. Shelton IV

Was Liberia founded by freed U.S. slaves?
Slate ^ | July 3, 2003 | Mary Kay Ricks

White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Believed (As in enslavement of whites, not prostitution)
Newswise ^ | March 8, 2004 | Ohio State University

 

JEWISH

General Grant's Infamy (Lincoln to Grant: "kicking the Jews out is wrong.")
Jewish Virtual Library ^ | Jewish Virtual Library

A Tribe Apart: Jews of the American South
The Jewish Press ^ | Jason Maoz

Blacks, Jews Fight on Side of the South
The Washington Times ^ | June 15, 2002 | Thomas C. Mandes

 

HISPANICS

Confederacy lives way down south of Dixie
SeattlePI ^ | October 9, 2003 | MIKE WILLIAMS

Confederados Keep Dixie Alive Down South in Brazil
Reuters/yahoo.com ^ | Carlos A. DeJuana

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Confederate Connections: The American Revolution and American Life

HK Edgerton Video: I Am the Flag (YouTube) , Dixie Days in Hanover, Virginia, June 10th , 2006

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For reference

[Fiddlstix]

Looks like you've been workin' J

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[NonValueAdded]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

Thanks!

[Colonel Kangaroo]

At first glance, those links give the impression that no black men fought for the Union. Then I guess it is no news that many tens of thousands of freed slaves fought for their freedom in the Union army.

I do have a problem with the concept "fighting for the South". As a southerner, I say that the people who were really fighting for the South in the Civil War was the Union army as they were fighting to free ALL southerners from the tyranny of the Confederate slaveowners.

[stainlessbanner]

Post some links then, sport.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

It's all over the Internet. Being pressed for time, here's one that says 180,000 in the army and 10,000 in the navy. I know that just because there's a link for it doesn't make it gospel truth, but those are generally accepted magnitudes of blacks in the Union cause.

http://www.answers.com/topic/emancipation-proclamation-and-thirteenth-amendment

And like southern whites, you often had to be truly dedicated to the cause to overcome all the barriers to even reach Union forces, whereas many southern conscripts and slaves served the Confederate needs only reluctantly.

The slaveowners were adept in getting others to do their dirty work no matter whether the exploited help was southern blacks or southern whites.

[groanup]

they were fighting to free ALL southerners from the tyranny of the Confederate slaveowners.

Sorry, they were fighting to preserve the union. Not to abolish slavery.

[groanup]

Thanks. Bookmarked.

[PeaRidge]

How about the Southern blacks and Northern whites being exploited by the factorycrats in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and specifically in the first community planned around textile manufacturing, Lowell, Mass.?

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Bookmarked. Thanks for all the links...

[U S Army EOD]

At the court house in Wilkes County, GA are some photograpths of meetings of Confederate Veterans about 1890 or so. Of the 100 or so gentlemen in the photograth are about 6 to 8 black men. They are in no special place and seemed to be just part of the group. All 100 men are dressed about the same.

[stainlessbanner]

Thank you for that interesting fact, U S Army EOD.

There was a similar story at one of the G'burg reunions. Black Confederates showed up and surprised a number of folks; apparently they took their rightful seat among their brothers Union and Confederate for the event.

[LeoWindhorse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp3pRiw9aQk&mode=related&search=

[LeoWindhorse]

It's interestin that the Yankee supporters that always trumpet the numbers of Negros in the Union Forces fail to acknowledge that great numbers of those were conscripted. And many of those very unwillingly conscripted , torn from families and home and thrust into the Union service at bayonet point.
How is this different than slavery itself? Even the Rebs did not force the Negros to appear in the heat of battle unwillingly. Yet the Union did this . As they were the victors
at that time , it was easy for them to sweep this little fact under the proverbial rug for quite awhile.
Neither to they mention how vast numbers of 'Contraband' were 'freed' , only to be pushed off their plantations , having their housing burned and food stolen , turned into refugees and not offered much (if any) help and assistance whatsoever. It was one of the greatest human rights disasters in American history . And yet ,still today, people celebrate this and consider it some 'great victory!'

[RebelBanker]

Thanks, FRiend!

[LeoWindhorse]

I further contend that the Union's invasion of the South
was the equivalent of the 'first Katrina' .

[righthand man]

Thanks for the Ping

[Colt .45]

Thank you sir! I really appreciate the references for future use. How long until we hear the patter of the rat squad's feet coming to try and tell us all these articles are "neo-confederate propaganda"?