I read most of Rebel Yell which was fantastic, and only stopped because I decided to hop around from book to book dealing with the early part of the war and various characters involved.
One question that I think is relevant to the "slaveowner, period" remark is whether Jackson did or did not view blacks as an inferior race as many other important players on both sides of the conflict.
If he did teach reading/writing to slaves, he must have believed from the start, or learned in the process, that the races are equal, or to be more careful with wording, more nearly equal than most others believed at that time. Might it also suggest that he was not unwilling to live alongside blacks rather than supporting deportation?
That would be worth adding to the "slaveowner, period" remark. Would that place Jackson above various revered figures from the North in a race-relations ethical hierarchy of some kind?
One question that I think is relevant to the "slaveowner, period" remark is whether Jackson did or did not view blacks as an inferior race as many other important players on both sides of the conflict.
If he did teach reading/writing to slaves, he must have believed from the start, or learned in the process, that the races are equal, or to be more careful with wording, more nearly equal than most others believed at that time. Might it also suggest that he was not unwilling to live alongside blacks rather than supporting deportation?
That would be worth adding to the "slaveowner, period" remark. Would that place Jackson above various revered figures from the North in a race-relations ethical hierarchy of some kind?