in the north and in the south, that s what the war was about, to end slavery, and the south did not want to end that. do you get that? i understand that part, but there are a lot of things that our history books, and they leave out. it s not strictly just over the issue of slavery. 93,000 african-americans participated on the side of the confederacy. they don t bring that up. those people participated, but they were not necessarily willing participants. no, these were and by the time african-americans could join, it was too late. it was 1865. smo didn t they weren t considered enough of a person to even join the army, to be allowed to join the army and fight in the war. well, it s in between 10,000 and 15,000 actually carried arms. let s bring in h.k. ed garton who s in charlotte, north carolina. h.k., talk you would know about this because this is what you do. what do you say to this, about african-americans, especially the slavery part of it? you can understand a lo
understand what the civil war means to, especially african-americans, who were, you know, slaves during that time, and for them and for the people in the north and in the south, that s what the war was about, to end slavery, and the south did not want to end that. do you get that? i understand that part, but there are a lot of things that our history books, and they leave out. it s not strictly just over the issue of slavery. 93,000 african-americans participated on the side of the confedera confederacy. they don t bring that up. those people participated, but they were not necessarily willing participants. no, these were and by the time african-americans could join, it was too late. it was 1865. so they weren t considered enough of a person to even join the army, to be allowed to join the army and fight in the war. well, it s in between 10,000 and 15,000 actually carried arms. let s bring in h.k. ed garton