"What I have said repeatedly is that many CSA leaders themselves said, and at that very time, and through their own observations, not hindsight, they saw a real need to arm slaves,"

And I never once argued that point. Like you i say find the post where I did. I told you that was the offical position, not true history. You said only here and there, exact words. I posted many sources that dispute your here and there comment.

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