On the Confederacy's Push to Emancipation

1) "Property in negro labor should not be a barrier to our independence. If it is found in the way, if it proves an insurmountable object to the achievement of our liberty and separate nationality, AWAY WITH IT, LET IT PERISH." The Jackson Mississippian, 1863. 2) "Slavery is not the object or end of this war. The South is fighting for national independence and freedom from Yankee domination. In addition to sacrifices already made, the people of these states are ready and willing when necessity arises to sacrifice any number or all slaves to the cause of national freedom." The Richmond Enquirer, 1863. 3) "This patriotic service would become a badge of merit, a certification of honor as long as they may live. This new status will make them a sort of aristocracy in their own class. After the war they would enjoy a popular favor and respect in the Confederacy from which they would  reap large advantages.......Southerners should cheer on the colored soldiers by showing them the favor and praise so justly due." The Richmond Sentinel, 1864. 4) General Thomas C. Henman and General Patrick Claiborne both urged the immediate mobilization and emancipation of slaves in 1863 (the latter petitioning Louisiana Governor, Henry Allen). Robert E. Lee also urged Jefferson Davis to arm the slaves in exchange for emancipation. 5) As early as the 1830s, the Virginia legislature nearly voted to emancipate all of the slaves in its jurisdiction (losing the vote, 73 to 58, with most of the 73 citing practical considerations, not moral ones). 6) Jefferson Davis in early 1864 purchased the freedom of 40,000 slaves to use in military service with their freedom assured in the Confederacy after the conflict (contrast this with Lincoln who didn't free a single slave in his jurisdiction during the war). He also altered laws to free the families of slaves serving in the military. 7) Robert E. Lee was a long-time critic of slavery and prior to the war claimed that, "slavery is a moral and political evil in any country." 8) All of the Confederate generals insisted upon a totally integrated military with white and black troops serving side by side (the Union army by contrast was 100% segregated). 9) For a more in-depth analysis, you cannot beat this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHT6T-nyNfE&t=3134s - please, check it out.............Needless to say, none of these facts are taught in our present-day gulag indoctrination centers (formerly known as colleges) but even if these basement-dwelling buffoons who seemingly want to pull down every fucking statue under the sun (I recently heard that even Jesus is on their to-do list) were given them, their lack of critical thinking and cartoonishly binary analysis would make it a sure-fire exercise in futility. So, yeah, expect more destruction. A lot of it.