You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of...
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[Reacting to the Confederate Government's move to have African American Slaves serve as soldiers in the Army] Senator Howell Cobb:
You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong
You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong
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you cannot make soldiers of slaves
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or slaves of soldiers
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The day you make a soldier of them
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is the beginning of the end of the revolution
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and if slaves seem good soldiers
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then our whole theory of slavery is wrong
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Movie Summary
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
