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Tampa is going to fly a gigantic Confedrate flag and I am glad! |
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What?!? The sons of Confederate Veterans are about to erect this huge eyesore at the intersection of two major Florida highways and I'm glad about it? Darn Skippy I am. I wish these flags were flying all over the South. As Black American (never been to Africa so in no way do I have a claim to being African), I have more of a claim to that flag than the racist idiots who chose to defile it's meaning for their own agenda.
In order to understand why I make that claim you must first accept the fact that we have all been lied to about the Civil War. It was not the "war to free the slaves". The Union had five slave holding member states West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. If the only purpose of the war was to free the slaves, then these states would have been a part of the Confederacy and they were not. The other lie we have been told is that Blacks only fought for the North and if for some reason a black did fight for the South he was the odd individual. Well there were somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000 odd individuals out there fighting in mostly integrated units. Blacks who fought for the confederacy were mostly free men. There was a concentrated effort to erase the contribution of blacks during the civil war. You can see this on many of the documents that survive today. In places where a black is originally identified as a soldier, "soldier" has been crossed out and replaced with "body servant" or some other such term. The movie Glory starring Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick insured everyone knew about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, but how many of you have heard of the 1st Louisiana Regiment of Native Guards? This Confederate unit had a history going back to the War of 1812. Why is it that we don't hear about them? Could it be the fact that they were free men of color who had seen combat already? Or the fact that their commanding officer was a free man of color, plantation owner and slave owner? And this man led his unit for the North. That doesn't exactly fit the Stereotypical view we've been fed by history does it? It's time to let the facts be known instead of fairy tales designed to demonize the South and make the North look like some great savior. The black American has just as much right to claim our Southern heritage as any other American. We have just as much right to know the truth about the blacks who fought and died for the South as we do the black who fought and died for the North. There are plenty of resources available on the Civil War and on the Confederacy one of the best is the Black Confederate Soldiers Page 37th Texas Regiment get protected before it happens to you |
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| You are welcome Jean but don't feel like you are by yourself, most Americans don't know this part of our history. It's an uncomfortable subject. It puts the Civil war and all or deeply held beliefs in a new light.
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| Well, I've learned something today! Wasn't aware of this part of US history at all. What an eye opener. Thankyou Cheryl. WolfWoodWares OBA |
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| Hey Jenn you may just have to drive down and take a picture for me. I'm still debating whether or not to put a Swasticka bumper sticker on my car LOL! I do love to stir the pot but that is another blog in it''s own right!
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| I am just going to shut up about it...until I get my shit together to say something about it. (did I hear a HELL YEAH).....hehehe! :0)
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| Well, Ga had this flag to solute our state. And I know the man personally that got rid of it. Unfortunately. Grew up loving this man.....well. It is what it is....and well, I am so proud to see that the truth of it is understood. It is a beautiful flag...that means a lot to this country *world*. The further it is done a way with...well. I have to 'renig' on my feelings about the war. Seek and ye shall find. I am finding the truth. I understand and am well.......just not even worried about it anymore...until I can do and say something that is going to stand its ground. Just you watch and see. I love to be heard. So....hahahahahaha. Thanks Jeff! Love you so very much! woooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Simplifying Lives and Securing Lifestyles HERE |
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| There was actually an effort in progress to raise all black units in the South, this plan was approved by Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee and many other high ranking Confederate officers. It was also well known to them that slavery would be dealt it's death blow through the creation of these all black units. There were looking to muster 300,000 black troops who would all have earned their freedom by their service. There were really no all black units in the South, southern military units were integrated. The black confederate was paid the same wage as the white confederate and given the sames supplies and benefits of the white soldier. In units like the 54th black soldiers were paid a fraction of their white counter part, were often not given the necessary supplies and was limited to low enlisted ranks. Black NCO's were rare and officers non existent. However the popularity of segregated units like the 54th in the North, led to the south looking to create the same type unit. The effort came too late to turn the tide of war. get protected before it happens to you |
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| Amen Sister!
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| Actually, I think it should be the British Flag...
I'm beginning to believe that the so-called American Revolution might have been a giant corporate scam.. But that's just me... WIN Network Seminars- Your Chance To Win! |
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| The truly sad part is that the "Sheeple", knowing that the government lies to them on a regular basis accept these thinks as truth.The Government has spun several huge lies about the Civil war. One of my favorites is "The Great Emancipator" myth. We have been taught the Abraham Lincoln is among our greatest presidents because he freed the slaves. Yet when you look back to some of the statements he made just a few years prior to the war you understand that he was anything but a friend to the slave. The freeing of the slaves was a war tactic period, It happened to be successful and after the war the North reneged on it's promise to the freed slave to provide the so called 40 acres and a mule. In the early 1900's a group of Civil War Veterans called the United Confederate Veterans advocated awarding formers slaves homes and rural property The following is an excerpt from a 1913 issue of Confederate Veteran Magazine published by the UCV: "In the 1913 Confederate Veteran magazine published by the UCV, it was printed that this plan "If not Democratic, it is [the] Confederate" thing to do. There was much gratitude toward former slaves, which "thousands were loyal, to the last degree", now living with total poverty of the big cities." Their proposal was denied. This does not seem like the great racist demons we've been led to believe they were. I'm adding an additional link to this blog for the 37th Texas an integrated civil war re-enactment unit that strives to insure that all of the South's forgotten soldiers are honored as they should be, in addition to the black soldier you also had Native Americans, Chinese, Mexican and other foreigners who fought and died during the Civil War. get protected before it happens to you |
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| The book "Complicity" has detailed The North's role in the slave trade:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/northeast/hc-slavery,0,3581810.special Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts.... A lot writers can be accused of being "Revisionists" of a sort when it comes to so-called American History.... I'm still quite disturbed by the memory of my elementary "history" books that were absolutely false, faked and totally geared towards social brainwashing... Even my beloved Canada and Australia's histories of 'Inforced Assimilation" were never brought to light, and these policies lasted until the 1970's.... An actual Genocide-- The complete destruction of a Human genus was never directly spoken of... There are many, many, ragged patches in the quilt of "Human History ", as you younger folks are able to find out, Cheryl... The profession and practice of governments sanctioning "No Tell" and outright lying, and "Spin" is by no means a modern construct... WIN Network Seminars- Your Chance To Win! |
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