tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197619793249928307.post1354829935962027845..comments2011-02-15T12:55:22.697-05:00J. Stephen Connhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944756120065605666noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197619793249928307.post-85328602179188730132011-02-15T11:59:37.918-05:002011-02-15T11:59:37.918-05:00Very interesting. I am sitting next to this monument as I write this. I read the monument and googled "war of the late rebellion". It is interesting to note the lack of historical understanding when it comes to the average Joe. Blacks were virtually unaffected by the war that was supposedly had to free them. They were not "free" until the invention of the mechanized cotton picker for normal people to purchase and the affordibility of synthetic textiles in the 1950's. Only then did you see "Jim Crow" ease up due to the blacks no longer being needed for the industry. Only then did you see the great migration to the north. Nathanutter@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com