Another curious aspect of the realities of Black slavery are  the accounts of 
Black slaves and freemen serving in the army of the  Confederacy.  C.F. Black 
Confederates and Afro-Yankees in the Civil War  Virginia by Jordan; The 
Louisiana Native Guard by Hollandsworth;  Black Confederates by Barrow, Segars and 
Rosenburg; Black  Southerners in Gray by Bataile, et. al; and Black 
Southerners in  Confederate Armies by Segars and Barrow.
 
I find it hard to believe that these slaves and former slaves served out of  
fear of being whipped.  Rather, they must have had some deep felt feelings  
for the South to risk their lives in battle for "the cause".
 
J South



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