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Political Factoid
South Carolina state Reps.
Bill Chumley and Mike Burns
said "the state turned down
free (Blacks) who wanted to
volunteer [for the Confederate
Army] because they didn't
want armed persons of color."
"There were Blacks in
the Confederate army, but
they were either slaves
or free Blacks forced to
work without pay as cooks
or servants" according to
Walter Edgar.
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