Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Monday, June 27, 2016
FORKS IN THE ROAD/FORT MCPHERSON
https://npsseac.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/fort-mcpherson-meets-the-forks-of-the-road-the-nexus-of-slavery-freedom-and-resistance-in-civil-war-era-natchez-mississippi/
This description of "Forks-of-the-Roads" near Natchez, Mississippi, and the former Fort McPherson, contrasts sharply with that neo-conservative tripe being blithely parroted by so-called "black" websites! Black is the truth, not uncorroborated tripe! Here, there is no mention of women and children starving and dying of disease in the thousands, desirous of returning to the plantations, as was claimed in the false tale! Here, black troops kept watch over their families even as they pursued Confederate guerillas in Mississippi and Louisiana. Here they tore down the slave pens and built Ft. McPherson to fight and to win their freedom. After the war, the Rebel elements returned to power , tore down the fort, whitewashed history also!
H/t Sheryl Owens, beloved Bison sister!