What part of the North are you referring to?

Yes, if the South had enlisted the slaves to fight for them, and if the
slaves had been willing to do so, there would have been a difference in the
outcome. Lee asked for the drafting of blacks, free and slave, but Davis
resisted, in some part because of his beliefs of the inferiority of the
race. When Davis finally consented to the formation of black confederate
troops, Appomattox was just days away.

                                         Anne

At 06:18 PM 2/24/03 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/24/03 10:24:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
>
> > But, again, if you were the slave, how long would you be willing to wait
> > for your freedom?
> >
> > If your suppositions about the freedom of slaveowners after emancipation
> > are true, why did slaveowners resist the change
>
>for the same reason some people continue  think northern fought the war to
>free slave, at least not till 1863.....not willing to change the way they did
>things and thought. In many respects one could say the South lost by not
>changing. If they had enlisted the slaves as was suggested I thing the later
>part of 63 and 64 and 65 might have been different.....but the just couldn't
>bring themselves to change
>
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