On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:45:14 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote: >A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month >asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the >Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civil War >historians. The author, Joy Masoff, says she found the information >"primarily through internet research." > >Her defense? "I am a fairly respected writer." Well, that should do it, >shouldn't it? > http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/221106/critics-say-grade-school-text-downplays-slavery > A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that allege to be historical research and to provide public records in support of the contention that African-Americans served in the Confederate army. A couple of these books are published by Pelican Press and one author promoting this theseis is Charles Kelly Barrow; his bio is available here: http://pelicanpub.com/products.asp?cat=48 And some of his books are available on Amazon; for example: http://www.amazon.com/Southerners-Confederate-Armies-Charles-Barrow/dp/0966245415 And the book on Amazon is ablso available on books.google.com; see: http://books.google.com/books?id=6EFDzEE1uO0C&pg=PA162&dq=intitle:black+intitle:confederate+inauthor:barrow&hl=en&ei=rCu_TMi6Bce4ngfCjZyJDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false or http://tinyurl.com/26oz68p
I have no idea as to the validity of this historical research (perhaps one of the historically inclined Tipsters can look into this?) and don't make any claims for it. As one of the reviewers on Amazon said, even if there were Black Confederate soldier (estimated to be about a thousand), it does not mean that a majority of the African-Americans, slave or free, in the south supported the confederate cause (however that was itnerpreted). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5827 or send a blank email to leave-5827-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
