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Black Confederates ????????

posted 14 years ago by Karneda92
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I heard there were African Americans that willingly fought for the Confederacy ? is this true ? if so does anyone know why they would do this? I also heard that they were employed By Nathan Bedfored Forrest the guy that started the KKK, now im officialy confused.

[–] RbDeraj 8 years ago

Yeah. And the Civil War wasn't just over slavery as people portray it today. It was a major part of it but there were a lot of other factors and issues that actually led to war.