...commissioned officer . . . who shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States . . . shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection,...otherwise punished at the discretion of the court." Yet toward the end of the war Jefferson Davis himself advised the Southerners to enroll their slaves...

...commissioned officer . . . who shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States . . . shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection,...otherwise punished at the discretion of the court." Vet toward the end of the war Jefferson Davis himself advised the Southerners to enroll their slaves...

...Confederate States" or shall attempt "to excite or cause to be excited a servile insurrection" would "if captured be put to death or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court." Ibid., V, 807-8, 940-41. From John Coburn ' Indianapolis Apl. 25th 1865. Hon Andrew Johnson Dear Sir...

...Confederate forces should not treat Avhite officers of black troops as prisoners; instead, they were to "be deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, be put to death, or otherwise punished at the discretion of the [military] court." The Confederates should deal with black...

...arms against the Confederate States or who shall arm, train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against the Confederate States...shall if captured be put to death or be otherwise purnished at the discretion of the court.90 Blacks apprehended while engaged in war or giving aid to...

...Confederate Congress, stated that captured Union officers leading black troops should be punished for "inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured,...otherwise punished at the discretion of the Court" (Emilio 1969:7; see also McPherson 1988:566). There are several incidents where Jefferson Davis and...

...who attempted to "arm, train, organize, or prepare Negroes or mulattos in any military enterprise ... shall, if captured, be put to death or be otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court."12 Negroes or mulattos caught fighting against the Confederacy were to be "delivered to the...

...against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against the Confederate states,...service, shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection or who shall incite or cause to be incited a slave to rebel shall, if captured, be put to death or...

...during the present war, shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States ... shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection,...otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court." 105 The resolution also granted Davis increased latitude to "cause full and ample retaliation" for...

...during the present war, shall command negroes or mulartoes in arms against the Confederate States . . . shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection,...or be otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court."105 The resolution also granted Davis increased latitude to "cause full and ample retaliation"...