Read Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky

Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky

Damian Beach

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Description:Do you want to be remembered? Or would you like to be forgotten as though you were never born? You never loved, lived or laughed? That you were treated like you were invisible?Suppose you had served your county? Lost an arm, a leg or given your life and no one remembered. You were just thrown in a hole and no one even remembered your name. Would that be alright?By 1866, America was recovering from the Civil War. There were parades to honor the veterans. Monuments were built to honor those who had sacrificed so much, except the black soldiers were forgotten as though they were invisible. Time passed.As the new century fast approached many veterans were dying and national cemeteries were being established as a final resting place except for blacks. Who cared?Prejudice, ignorance and hatred ruled the day. Even in a hallowed place like Arlington black were delegated to grave sites far away from whites so their blood would not contaminate the soil.Politicians argued black soldiers didn't deserve places of honor. Everybody knew that blacks were more likely to rape, murder and steal than whites. In Kentucky, in 1867 a twelve year old black girl was hanged for murdering a white boy even though there was no evidence except the town knew she did it. And in 1880, also in Kentucky, a simple minded black man was hanged for being a bad man. A minister said so.BLACK SOLDIERS DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE ON AN HOROR ROLL. DID THEY?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky. To get started finding Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Do you want to be remembered? Or would you like to be forgotten as though you were never born? You never loved, lived or laughed? That you were treated like you were invisible?Suppose you had served your county? Lost an arm, a leg or given your life and no one remembered. You were just thrown in a hole and no one even remembered your name. Would that be alright?By 1866, America was recovering from the Civil War. There were parades to honor the veterans. Monuments were built to honor those who had sacrificed so much, except the black soldiers were forgotten as though they were invisible. Time passed.As the new century fast approached many veterans were dying and national cemeteries were being established as a final resting place except for blacks. Who cared?Prejudice, ignorance and hatred ruled the day. Even in a hallowed place like Arlington black were delegated to grave sites far away from whites so their blood would not contaminate the soil.Politicians argued black soldiers didn't deserve places of honor. Everybody knew that blacks were more likely to rape, murder and steal than whites. In Kentucky, in 1867 a twelve year old black girl was hanged for murdering a white boy even though there was no evidence except the town knew she did it. And in 1880, also in Kentucky, a simple minded black man was hanged for being a bad man. A minister said so.BLACK SOLDIERS DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE ON AN HOROR ROLL. DID THEY?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky. To get started finding Forever Free: Honor Roll of Black Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kentucky, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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