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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    There were 180,000 black men who served in the Union Army as the United States Colored Troops. There were next to no black men who fought for the...
    Post by: gloine36, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    "Tens of thousands of "colored" Americans fought for BOTH sides in the War Between the States. While researching the topic for a reply to Kate about...
    Post by: gloine36, May 29, 2015 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    There you go making the same generalized statements. I do not stereotype blacks so you can just drop that idea right now. Your problem is your...
    Post by: gloine36, Dec 20, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    Ready for the bad news? You are using a source that is 90 years old. Second, your source shows your earlier statement to be wrong. You stated that...
    Post by: gloine36, Dec 18, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    Thomas, your statement is highly incorrect. The absentee northern land holder stuff is from the lost cause myth as is half southern slave holders...
    Post by: gloine36, Dec 16, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    The British didn't stand around in long orderly rows either after Bunker Hill. They fought very well and in many cases defeated the Americans in open...
    Post by: gloine36, Dec 13, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    No, primalclaws, the British did not. There may have been isolated cases of bad behavior here and there beyond what was militarily permissible in...
    Post by: gloine36, Dec 9, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Thanksgiving and G. Washington

    Have a good Thanksgiving! It is very interesting to see how the Founders looked at religion and how they participated or did not participate in it....
    Post by: gloine36, Nov 28, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Slavery

    Baptist's book is being discussed quite a bit right now on multiple forums. It is a very well documented historical work. If you like that book I...
    Post by: gloine36, Sep 16, 2014 in forum: Civil War
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    Slavery

    Kate, Thank you for the kind words. I was fortunate enough to go through Peter Onuf's Thomas Jefferson class earlier in the year via Coursera....
    Post by: gloine36, Sep 12, 2014 in forum: Civil War
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    Slavery

    Here is the link to Jefferson Davis' farewell speech to the Senate. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/DavisSpeech1861.pdf He...
    Post by: gloine36, Sep 11, 2014 in forum: Civil War
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    Slavery

    State's Rights? Seriously? Okay, name them. I can guarantee you that Freehling agrees that slavery was the cause of the Civil War. Find those...
    Post by: gloine36, Sep 11, 2014 in forum: Civil War
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    Slavery

    The cause of the ACW was slavery. The facts point this out in great detail. All you have to do is look at the secession documents themselves. The...
    Post by: gloine36, Sep 11, 2014 in forum: Civil War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    Look for a book on the British Army in North America during the American Revolution. It goes a long way toward dispelling many of the myths about the...
    Post by: gloine36, Aug 15, 2014 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Slavery

    One photo = 70,000 Black Confederates. To disagree is to be racist? I don't think so. To disagree is to use factual information to discern the past....
    Post by: gloine36, Jun 4, 2014 in forum: Civil War