Posted on Feb 7, 2018
Opinion | Human remains were discovered in a public park. Were they the Army’s slaves?
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Fort Negley was a Union Civil War fort, part of a series of fortifications that sat on the hills that ringed Nashville like a wooden and stone necklace. It was built in the last five months of 1862 by 2,771 African American laborers, many of whom — some estimate up to 800 — died while working on Nashville’s fortifications.
Opinion | Human remains were discovered in a public park. Were they the Army’s slaves?
Posted from washingtonpost.com
Slavery
Civil War
American History
Military History
Nashville
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A sad story for sure, it is unfortunate that most of the successes in history were written at someone's expense. It is sad that the U.S. ever allowed slavery in the first place, however the fact that it happened has tainted what would otherwise be many truly great undertakings in our history.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
I always wondered how the founders could write "all men are created equal" while not actually living up to that claim. I know, all the opposition had to be tolerated to actually get enough to agree to form the Union. But it is still a dark blot on our history.
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