http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/slaves-as-confederate-cannon-fodder/ remembering freedom for the slaves ... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/slaves-as-confederate-cannon-fodder/#comment-194 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:00:23 +0000 http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=1363#comment-194 Hi Andy. Thanks for your contribution. Personally, I think the slaves were feeding the Mount Vernon’s captain the story they thought would get them sanctuary. But I could be wrong.

]]> http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/slaves-as-confederate-cannon-fodder/#comment-193 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:42:33 +0000 http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=1363#comment-193 That’s an intriguing passage. While I doubt that local military authorities actually entertained such plans, it’s easy to see how they, slaveholders and the slaves themselves could each find that a useful rumor to pass around, for different reasons.

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