Talons of Eagles (2016)
““I never thought Jamie would fight for slavery,” Robert remarked.
“He ain’t fightin’ for slavery,” Wells said, soaking his aching feet in a pan of warm water—the black army did not as yet have shoes and boots and were training in what they had arrived wearing, often bare feet. “He’s fightin’ for the right of a state not to be totally run by the Federal government.”
“Don’t that still amount to slavery?” a friend asked.
“It might in the minds of some, but not to me. Jamie never believed in slaver...y, and neither did any of his children, or anyone who ever got close to Jamie. He just don’t hold with it.”
“I ain’t got no use for the white man,” another Negro said. “Never have, never will.”
“Then your thinkin’ is all screwed up,” Robert said. “You ain’t never met no man like Jamie MacCallister.”
The former slave looked at him. “Why should I want to? He fightin’ for the South, ain’t he?”
“Yeah,” his friend said. “I want my mule and forty acres like I hear we gonna git when the war is over.MoreLess
“He ain’t fightin’ for slavery,” Wells said, soaking his aching feet in a pan of warm water—the black army did not as yet have shoes and boots and were training in what they had arrived wearing, often bare feet. “He’s fightin’ for the right of a state not to be totally run by the Federal government.”
“Don’t that still amount to slavery?” a friend asked.
“It might in the minds of some, but not to me. Jamie never believed in slaver...y, and neither did any of his children, or anyone who ever got close to Jamie. He just don’t hold with it.”
“I ain’t got no use for the white man,” another Negro said. “Never have, never will.”
“Then your thinkin’ is all screwed up,” Robert said. “You ain’t never met no man like Jamie MacCallister.”
The former slave looked at him. “Why should I want to? He fightin’ for the South, ain’t he?”
“Yeah,” his friend said. “I want my mule and forty acres like I hear we gonna git when the war is over.MoreLess
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