tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post4237878141737420183..comments2023-09-29T06:18:27.221-07:00Comments on Cosmic America: Frederick Douglass on Black SoldiersM. Keith Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444898713867430753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-4955546037631341022012-11-18T12:30:49.000-08:002012-11-18T12:30:49.000-08:00Douglass was correct. As soldiers, and government...Douglass was correct. As soldiers, and government employees, no person could claim them property or non-citizen. If fact, that did more for "jumpstarting" emancipation than did any other event, in my opinion.Robert Calimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-32371638713375276082012-11-18T14:25:38.000-08:002012-11-18T14:25:38.000-08:00Douglass' imagery here mirrors the words he us...Douglass' imagery here mirrors the words he used in his newsletter in September 1861, claiming there to be black Confederate troops at Manassas (to be ever-after copied-and-pasted by the "heritage" crowd, but that's for another time).<br><br>. . . as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets. . . .Andy Hallhttp://deadconfederates.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com