Clip 3 from 'Black Confederates: The Forgotten Men in Gray'

[TheBlackSkif]

April 4, 1865 in Amelia County (Virginia) Federal cavalry attacked a convoy south, and is fully provided by the protected part of the black Marines Major Turner. They fought to the end, fought off several attacks, and have not been crushed by the enemy for as long as no ammunition ran out.

[TheBlackSkif]

4 апреля 1865 г. в графстве Амелия (Вирджиния) федеральная кавалерия атаковала южный обоз, полностью обеспечиваемый и охраняемый чернокожими пехотинцами из части майора Тернера. Они сражались до конца, отбили несколько атак, и не были смяты врагом до тех пор, пока не закончились боеприпасы.

[TheBlackSkif]

Thousands of blacks took part in the war on the side of this southern state! Free and Forced negros were even in shock cavalry units Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, known for their ruthlessness and desperate raids at the rear of the enemy. General Forrest, the most aggressive commander CSA and implacable enemy of the northerners, and gave them a very flattering assessment: "These guys stayed with me until the end. People like them - better than the Confederacy had! "

[TheBlackSkif]

Тысячи чернокожих приняли участие в этой войне на стороне именно южных штатов! Свободные и подневольные негры служили даже в ударных кавалерийских частях Натаниэля Бедфорда Форреста, известных своей беспощадностью и отчаянными рейдами по тылам неприятеля. генерал Форрест, самый агрессивный военачальник CSA и непримиримый враг северян, давал им крайне лестную оценку: «Эти парни оставались со мною до конца. Люди вроде них — лучшее, чем обладала Конфедерация!»

[wlomas378]

well, that last anecdote was very touching

[SOUTHERNANDPROUD1861]

God bless the proud blacks for there service for fighting for the freedom of the south you wont be forgotten.DEO VINDICE

[huguenot67]

Silly deconstructioninsts, southern blacks weren't fighting for their masters, they were fighting for their homes, just as in the Revolution.

[nivlek64]

i am from the south i love my black friends ,i dont care why i love them , i would lay down my life for them ,they ,i do believe would do the same... if you have a problem with this , maybe you ought to take a long look at your own self... the roots of hate are usually fear and misconception.....

[vSHADOWVIPERv]

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[37stepp]

I believe that as human beings some slave/master relationships had genuine affection, as many slaves served a particular family for years, generally SOME house slaves experienced this. But that the majority of them did not. They were viewed as property, and they were systemically kept ignorant and exploited for there entire lives. They were sold at auction, labored for free, beat unmercifully and had no rights! All FACT...

[cleanhomer]

@37stepp The genuine affections, I wonder if the affections of the slave was a type of live-long Stockholm Syndrome, if you know what I mean?

[CalypieAndroid]

@cleanhomer OF COURSE IT WAS TOCKHOLM SYNDROME., YOU DONT COME OUT OF YEARS OF TORTURE, A AS NORMAL!

[micknm]

THERE WERE NO SLAVES IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY

FOR ROBERT E LEE DIDNT BELIEVE IN SLAVERY

[micknm]

@micknm 100000 FOUGHT UNDER THE CONFEDERACY AS FREEMAN ALONG WITH THE CHEROKEE NATION

[cleanhomer]

Well, it still wasn't completely lovely for those free blacks of the South. Like in the North, they still couldn't vote, or have equal rights to whites.

[darthroden]

@cleanhomer

And therein is the worst tragedy of all.

[steve0448]

Sorry blackmale78, you are doing what the one professor warned against in this video. You are trying to judge people 150 years ago by todays standards. The history is clear. Many so called masters and slaves had been raised together and were close friends. Even to to point of being like brothers. Thousands of such accounts exist. They remained close for the rest of their lives, when there was no master/slave relationship. That is just document fact.

[Luigi84289]

Many of them looked at their masters like parents and or friends. They raised them from birth and took care of them. Were there in good times and bad, in sickness and health and loved them as family. This is why Black and White people are so close in the south today. Mississippi's state flag has the cross of st andrew, the confederate battle flag and it has the highest % of black people out of any state. My mother grew up in Alabama and one of her best friends was their black house maid.

[blackmale78]

@Luigi84289 r u serious? Slaves did not look at there masters as friends nor family it was a role most had to play to keep their families together and to gain trust in the eyes of the master.

[thiobunny]

Wow! What a gift to see the human story behind that historic photograph, and Silas' descendant.