byron ed
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Yet just as on-topic, there not being one answer, and per some other black accounts of the war, the non-finance-related motive to protect themselves and their hostage families from either Union depredations or Confederate retribution was just as prominent and practical a reason for a black man to fight with Confederates.Let stick strictly to the topic...the answer is that like for white men in the CSA armed forces, there are many motives for alleged black men. For contractors which most free men of color would be, it is simply to make money...
It appears that as contemporary white men we're intent on insisting that we know what motivated black people during the Civil war, that we might be seen as so knowledgeable about it.
Apart from that BS, there are books written about the black experience in the CW, after all. And imho the black experience in the CW is very pertinent to a discussion about the black Confederate fad despite you're wanting to shunt it off.
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