"The end of the slave trade in the South " Topic
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Nashville | 28 Mar 2015 6:39 a.m. PST |
Arguably, that message was delivered on April 2, 1865. As Jefferson Davis and his government prepared to flee Richmond, so did Robert Lumpkin, a slave trader and proprietor of one of the most notorious slave jails in the South. As Davis and his cabinet secretaries scrambled to get out of the city, Lumpkin cleared out his jail and dragged 50 enslaved men, women and children in handcuffs and chains to the train station, only to be informed by sentinels guarding the train leaving Richmond that there was no room. link |
Texas Jack | 28 Mar 2015 9:18 a.m. PST |
Very interesting, thanks Nashville. There were certainly a lot of optimists up to the very end. |
vtsaogames | 28 Mar 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the link. It also reminds me that the 150th anniversaries will soon be over. I have managed not to have a single re-fight on anything like the 150th anniversary of the actual battle. We re-fought 1st Bull Run and Shiloh last month, a few years late. It won't stop us from playing more, but we did miss all the dates. Oh well, maybe we can do Waterloo in June… Another note: Davis sent his wife and children out the night before the government evacuated. The locomotive broke down in territory that was under possible threat from Union cavalry. It took 12 hours for the engine to be repaired. |
Trajanus | 01 Apr 2015 8:40 a.m. PST |
I think Mr.Lumpkin may have been the original member of "The Lost Cause"! |
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