JakeStarkey
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However you left out one detail, Blacks welling to take up arms and defend the south.
Yes, freed blacks and mulatto Creoles of the LA Native Guard did in fact take up arms for the South, although, they didn't really see combat. They benefitted from the slave based plantation economy. Many owned land, slaves, and enjoyed privileges beyond that of typical mulatto and blacks of other areas of the South. Why wouldn't they take up arms? They had a vested interest in maintaining and defending their economic and political way of life. This is why the Native Guard is an outlier in Confederate history. After the Civil War the Creoles and freed persons of color who were free before the war got a major demotion in status.
With the exception of a few I was told that the free Black slave owners frequently bought family and friends since it was illegal for the slaves to be freed. There was a family in LA that became the largest slave owners around but they were all family and friends. More proof that Black people outsmarted rednecks at their own game.
Need some documentation for that. I would imagine the Chattel Property registers in the Parish court houses would offer some insight on that assertion.