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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Confederacy Authorizes Enslavement or Execution of Black Union Troops
never believe propaganda about passive & contented Black slaves.
"By the end of the Civil War, roughly 179,000 black men (10% of the Union Army) served as soldiers in the U.S. Army and another 19,000 served in the Navy. Nearly 40,000 black soldiers died over the course of the war " - https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war