Southern Secessionists to the Secession

The Free State of Jones -- up-coming film, March 2016

Thanks to Truth-out web site for reference to Southern resistors to the Confederacy.  This is a history I had already become aware of but the story of Newton Knight and the "Free State of Jones," is not to be missed.  As Truth-out points out, in this 150th anniversary year marking the end of the Civil War, the media has been painting with a one-color brush, ignoring the nuances of the War of Rebellion.  This is somewhat understandable, but nevertheless indefensible from a historian's standpoint.  It happens there were within the borders of the Confederate States of America, those who were appalled at the notion of fighting a war for the right to enslave men (and women).

My purpose here is to encourage Southerners of today to be more proud of those among their ancestors who opposed slavery and the Confederate movement.  The dear South is part of the U.S., and as such deserves fairness to its complete history.

Civil War Loyalist Newton Knight