I am putting the finishing touches on my presentation for tomorrow evening at the Western Virginia Historical Society in Roanoke. One of the points that I want to stress is that the black Confederate reference is relatively new to our cultural lexicon. As I’ve suggested before, references to hundreds or even thousands of loyal slaves [...]
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- "No Hired Hessians or Negroes in the Southern Army" (18)
- Brad { In addition to what has been said, I believe the reference to "Hessians" as well as "Negroes" is an implied statement or belief that the... } – Jun 19, 5:05 AM
- Pat Young { Interestingly, when German Union troops were stationed in the South they would often seek out local Germans on the assumption that German solidarity would transcend... } – Jun 19, 2:52 AM
- Pat Young { By calling German American soldiers "Hessians" Confederate propagandists were claiming that they were mercenaries. They were also implying that they were not really Americans, only... } – Jun 19, 2:40 AM
- London John { Confederate propaganda greatly exagerrated the importance of immigrants in the Union army, while also claiming that American-born Union soldiers had had unmanly or menial peace-time... } – Jun 19, 12:36 AM
- Craig L. { There could also be residual hostility in the southern narrative to immigrants, particularly Germans, whose presence in southern states represented a fifth column in support... } – Jun 18, 8:08 PM
- Pat Young { It must have been odd if you were one of the few immigrants fighting for the Confederacy to hear your fellow immigrants disparaged so blatantly... } – Jun 18, 6:37 PM
- Elbert Guillory Gets Right With Lincoln and the Republican Party (5)
- James Harrigan { minor point, Kevin: there is no such thing as the "Democrat Party". The correct usage is "Democratic Party". Of course, both the Republican Party and... } – Jun 19, 4:54 AM
- M.D. Blough { Andy-I'm assuming that MLK started out life as a Republican, if he was registered as anything (or, if he even could be registered. That was... } – Jun 19, 4:43 AM
- Brad { The Republican Party had ceased to be a progressive party in the late 1800s, Teddy Roosevelt being a blip in their conservative creep. A major... } – Jun 19, 4:35 AM
- Andy Hall { It's a fairly common talking point on the right to claim that that MLK was a Republican. King has faded sufficiently into the mists (and... } – Jun 19, 4:08 AM
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