“Many of you are not going to want to hear this – and the words following this paragraph likely won’t change your mind — but I’m going to say it anyway: Lincoln, and not the secession of southern states or the institution of slavery — was responsible for killing over 600,000 Americans from 1861-1865. And here’s another bombshell for diehard Yankees who have been lied to like the rest of us for the past 134 years: There were also a great number of willing, voluntary black Confederates who fought and died for their ‘country,’ the Confederate States of America.”

Read more: Black Confederates and the Casualty of Truth, by Jon E. Dougherty

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