HOW IRONIC!!!
Message:
Samuel Cabble, an African-American Private in the
Union Army, Promises His Wife That Slavery,
the "Curse of This Land," Will Be Crushed
In the beginning of the Civil War African Americans pleaded with and even petitioned the government for the opportunity to fight. But it was to no avail. Political and military leaders feared it would only stimulate recruitment efforts in the South, and many held the racist view that blacks were cowardly, lazy, and untrainable. But as Union casualties escalated and the military command recognized the need for increased manpower, small regiments of black troops were formed starting in the summer of 1862. After issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln launched an aggressive campaign to recruit black soldiers. On July 18, 1863, the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth, the first all-black regiment organized in the North, demonstrated extraordinary courage against impossible odds during an attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. Other regiments would also shatter every stereotype hurled at them. Despite being underpaid, assigned menial tasks, and given inferior medical attention, young black men continued to volunteer in droves. An estimated 180,000 African-American soldiers served in the war, representing nearly one-tenth of the Union army, and over 37,000 of them died.Twenty-one-year-old Samuel Cabble (possibly Cabel), an escaped slave, enlisted with the Massachusetts Fifty-fifth Volunteer Infantry in June 1863. Soon after, Cabble sent the following letter to his wife back in Missouri. (Correspondences by slaves are exceedingly rare; slaves still in captivity were punished severely—even put to death—if they were caught writing or reading any materials, particularly letters.)
Dear wife i have enlisted in the army i am now in the state of Massachusetts but before this letter reaches you i will be in north carolina and though great in the present national difficulties yet i look forward to a brighter day when i shall have the opertunity of seeing you in the full enjoyment of freedom
i would like to no if you are still in slavery if you are it will not be long before we shall have crushed the system that now opreses you for in the course of three months you shall be at liberty. great is the outpouring of the colored people that is now rallying with the hearts of lions against that very curse that has separated you and me yet we shall meet again and oh what happy time that will be when this ungodly rebellion shall be put down and the curse of our land is trampled under our feet
i am a soldier endeavry to strike at the rebellion that so long has kept us in chains. write to me just as soon as you get this letter tell me if you are in the same cabin where you use to live. tell eliza i send her my best respects and love ike and sully likewise
i would send you some money but i no it is impossible for you to get it i would like to see little Jenkins now but i no it is impossible at present so no more but remain your own afectionate husband until death
Samuel Cabble
Samuel Cabble survived the war.
YET STILL THIS POISON EXIST TIL THIS VERY DAY.
AND NOW THE LATINOS HAVE BECOME THE NEW NIGGERS, OF THIS GLORIOUS COUNTRY.
AND DREADED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE TREATED FAIRLY , YET CHOSE TO CONDEM OTHERS LIKE MEXICANS, ETC...
WHICH THE U.S. CITIZEN VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENT
WHO ALLOWED THEM TO ENTER THE U.S.
AND ARE DREADED BY MANY U.S. CITIZENS(CAUCASAIN,AND BLACK) YET THEY LOVE THE PRESIDENT.
HOW IRONIC??
LETS ALL PRAY FOR BETTER WORLD !!
AMEN
JESUS R CALDERON
THE INSANE POET
A PERSONAL PROPHET OF GOD
