Any other Blacks support the Confederates?

Question

My great grand father served on the side of the Confederates as a free Black. My family hangs the Rebel flag with pride. Down South we are always loyal to our nation, we aren't deserters. We hate and are against slavery but the war wasn't about slaves. My family said you can hate slavery but still remain loyal to your nation. In fact Jefferson Davis tried to free slaves before Lincoln did. In 1864, President Jefferson Davis approved a plan that proposed the
emancipation of slaves, in return for the official recognition of the
Confederacy by Britain and France. France and Britain refused.

Answer 1

are you sure about that? if he did, i would have to call it too little too late like every other decision he made...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

sure enough:

"The Emancipation Proclamation further reinforced the political liability of supporting the Confederacy. As the war continued, the Confederacy's chances with Britain grew hopeless, and they focused increasingly on France. Napoléon III proposed to offer mediation in January 1863, but this was dismissed by Seward. Despite some sympathy for the Confederacy, France's own seizure of Mexico ultimately deterred them from war with the Union. Confederate offers late in the war to end slavery in return for recognition were not seriously considered by London or Paris."

so my question to you is... why would you champion a man who fought to uphold slavery and only thought of abandoning that when his doom stared him in the face? he doesn't seem to have been doing it because he thought slavery was wrong... sort of like how the japanese didn't surrender until after both bombs dropped.

Answer 2

How is it remaining "loyal to your nation" by supporting the Confederacy? They were the ones attempting to secede from the U.S. and form their own country. I'm from the South and I don't support the Confederate flag, it's a symbol of a time when MY people (not convinced you're black) were enslaved. And the Confederacy was fighting to keep us enslaved!

And where are you getting your history? On February 2, 1860, Davis submitted six resolutions in an attempt to consolidate opinion regarding states' rights, including the right to maintain slavery in the South. His futile attempt to emancipate slaves was only an effort to further his own agenda, not out of a newfound moral code or any real attempt to free blacks. Especially since he still owned slaves at the time. He just wanted to be President of his own country and felt emancipating the slaves might aid him in succeeding. He was wrong.

Answer 3

Wow the fact that you can support the confederates and have your id be Martin Luther King is an oxymoron. The war was absolutely about slavery-if not what was it about? The information your provided about the confederacy of Britain and France is 100% false.

Answer 4

actually, when you look at all the facts, the war was all about slavery. see, the Republican Party was founded on abolition, when Lincoln was elected President as a Republican, the Southern States seceded in order to keep slavery.

Answer 5

I looked at the questions asked by this person and while it is not totally inconceivable I suspect this person like most bigots are hiding their true identity and is not Black.

No more white sheets and hiding if you believe in what you do and are truly proud show yourselves, Otherwise it's what the rest of us have always known.....bigots are cowardly!

Answer 6

I think the fact that your flying a flag of an enemy government, and that exactly what the CSA was, an enemy governemt. I wonder what would happen if an Arab family hung out the Al-Qida flag, they'd be pilloried