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 Posted: Wed Apr 29th, 2009 07:41 pm
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Proud Pa
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Mana: 
 Johan Steele wrote:

 

Just 2 pence from a man who is quite jaded over the "Black Confederate soldier" issue... who still cannot understrand how someone can honestly believe anyone was ever willing to fight to keep themselve in bondage.


Did blacks fight for the Americans in the ARW? They probably fought for the Confederacy for the same reasons. By the same token, many fled the South for the same reasons they fled to the British.