These things happen. Last summer I taught a class on U.S government, all black students. One young women listened to my lecture on Lincoln, civil rights &c, and raised her hand. She had always been taught that Abraham Lincoln was black, and wanted to know why I failed to address that fact. Next day I returned to class with a speech by Frederick Douglas that convinced her otherwise. But first I had to convince her that Douglas was black. It's a great speech, which you might wish to read.

Here's the earlier news article I posted about Calhoun County FL --

NEW ORLEANS COMMERCIAL BULLETIN

New Orleans, La., Thursday October 11, 1860
Page one, column seven

TROUBLE IN FLORIDA – The Pensacola Tribune of the 6th inst., reports that Calhoun county in that State, is in a condition of outlawry. There has existed in that county, for years past, a set of Murrellites, whose objects have been plunder and murder. Law has been set at defiance by them. A few days ago citizens of that county formed themselves into a company of Regulators, for the purpose of ridding the country of these pests. They met several and were fired upon, wounding two of their men. The Regulators returned the fire, killing two and wounding three of this gang. Gen. Wm. E. Anderson, we learn, has ordered out a company of militia from Jackson county, to proceed to the seat of war.

Care to guess what 'Murrellites' might be?