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10 feb 2015 · "Black Confederates" is the Civil War Trust's historical article outlining the role of black people in the Southern war effort.
Black people routinely assisted Union armies advancing through Confederate territory as scouts, guides, and spies. Confederate General Robert Lee said "The chief source of information to the enemy is through our negroes."
20 gen 2015 · The total number of black Confederate soldiers is statistically insignificant: They made up less than 1 percent of the 800,000 black men of military age (17-50) living in the Confederate states,...
7 nov 2017 · Myth: Thousands of enslaved and free African American soldiers fought for the Confederacy. For several decades, the question of whether or not there were “Black Confederates” has been one of the most controversial issues in the study of Civil War history.
7 feb 2023 · Black Confederates is a term often used to describe both enslaved and free African Americans who filled a number of different positions in support of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
14 apr 2010 · After President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Black soldiers could officially fight for the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
1 set 2011 · They bristle at the idea of black Confederates, which they say robs the war of its moral coin as the crucible of black emancipation. Stepping into this controversy is Harvard historian John Stauffer, who studies antislavery movements, the Civil War, and American social protest.
