Dr Clint Smith - Crash Course - Black Americans In The Civil War
States' Rights!
to keep black people as slaves
By the 1850s, the labor of 4 million enslaved people in the southern US was worth more than all the railroads and all the factories in this entire country combined.
My late father Spencer was the best dad. That’s me at about 2 weeks old, my dad’s 1st-born and only son. In 1986 Mississippi when my [white] mom went into labor, she had to convince hospital staff to give him access. He is Black History. We honor him today, this month, always🖤🖤 pic.twitter.com/1BSvs9jXis
— Jay Perk 😷 (@JohnathanPerk) February 3, 2022