You’re delusional.So now the ridiculous protectionist argues, among other absurdities, that “many of them [southern white Confederate soldiers] didn’t even know it [slavery] existed”!!!
The level of self-delusion of some of these “Lost Cause” apologists is truly ridiculous. By the way, nothing I say is an attack on anybody’s “honor.” Slavery was a national problem and a national responsibility of all Americans. The Civil War, like the Vietnam War, was a tragedy in which many Americans fought on the wrong side because they were misled by their political leaders.
protectionist still does not admit his propaganda photo about the New Orlean’s black militia in 1861 was misleading. That he was actually WRONG when he said they fought Union soldiers under the Confederate Battle Flag. Has he any more photos of armed Southern blacks fighting for the South? No?
By the way, I never denied there were a few such men who, out of personal loyalty or fear or hope of eventual freedom, did fight beside their masters. But there were hundreds of thousands who fought against the Confederacy, and even more who struck or fled to Union lines at the first opportunity. These Southerners, among the almost 4 million slaves in the South, were the ones fighting for freedom. Naturally.
The south fought against tariffs hurting their economy. Slavery was legal until over a year into the war.