THe La. Guards are unique because they were not "black" slaves byut  free
men of color who were mostly more than half white and never  considred
themselves to be "black."  Many or even most were slaveowners  or from
slaveholding families. 


Not True.  Please read Black Masters by Johnson/Roark.
 
J South



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