Another Black Confederate Debunking (Ta-Nehisi Coates)

[Recursion]

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/10/another-black-confederate-debunking/247524/

The myth of black combat units serving under the stars & bars has gotten irritatingly strong of late. TNC, as always, has some good historical points.

Silas Chandler (pictured above) is a popular name among those who like to trumpet the myth of whole regiments of black Confederate soldiers. History Detectives recently did an excellent job debunking the notion that Chandler was a "soldier."

I was struck by the same thing's that caught Andy Hall. The most interesting portion was looking into the part of the story which held that Silas Chandler was freed, voluntarily, and went on to fight for the Confederate Army. But apparently, in the run-up to the Civil War, Mississippi actually made it illegal to manumit any slave.

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Watch the whole the thing. It's something more than "report the debate."