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Post by strange on Mar 2, 2012 11:42:01 GMT -5
I hear some things but I haven't been able to pinpoint.
Does any one have record of Custer's precise views on Slavery?
Gimme some direct quotes if any of you can.. As far as opinion goes, this is the best of what I had to tell to a friend I was exchanging emails with....
"The best I know is that Custer's friends and family were often strong
Democrats, except Libby who comes from Republicans. In letters and
things he was never anyone stupid like McClellan as far as letting any
politics get in the way of his service or badmouthing washington. I'm
not sure to what extent he supported slavery, but I know he bragged of
freeing a certain number of slaves and even hanging their masters.
Such talk may have been motivated by wanting to get promoted (and
Pleasonton taught him how to talk and promote himself), or Custer
might have also considered it a good competitive task to indulge in
and tally a score to.
He was very close with his housekeeper and demanded she be served at
restaurants. All in all, I don't take him as anyone too
enthusiastically supportive of slavery except maybe to support his
friends who either believed in such or were slaveholders. Custer
definitely was not an abolitionist though."
Am I right or wrong?
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Post by whitebull on Mar 4, 2012 12:33:38 GMT -5
Interesting stand. I don't know the answer but Its something that needs checked in to. I would think that he would be against slavery based on what little I know but I sure don't think he would get around in the same social circles either.
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Post by joewiggs on Mar 4, 2012 16:31:48 GMT -5
Dr. Strange a wonderful question and thought provocative. the problem is that i do not have an answer for you! In all the readings involving the general and this subject, I have come across nothing that elaborates on this sensitive issue.
He did treat his servant well, he also expressed compassion for Native Americans although he also hunted them down. I'm going to do some research and see what I can come up with.
I feel comfortable in believing that he may very well been against the institution itself. He probably shared the dominant feeling of the superiority of "white" citizenry over that of the "black" that was the predominant theory of that era.
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Post by strange on Mar 5, 2012 11:42:37 GMT -5
Dr. Strange a wonderful question and thought provocative. the problem is that i do not have an answer for you! In all the readings involving the general and this subject, I have come across nothing that elaborates on this sensitive issue. He did treat his servant well, he also expressed compassion for Native Americans although he also hunted them down. I'm going to do some research and see what I can come up with. I feel comfortable in believing that he may very well been against the institution itself. He probably shared the dominant feeling of the superiority of "white" citizenry over that of the "black" that was the predominant theory of that era. If you have access to Jeffrey Wert's book, it'll probably be in there. He goes over what Custer's racial attitudes were. There are a few mildly racist quotes from Custer like in him turning down a command of black soldiers, and then also of him exalting the anglo race throughout some of his writings. Given the context of the time, blacks having just been freed may not have quite been the best soldiers to work with, however Custer has taken other novices and less educated persons and made fine use of them. One thing I am curious... were these Black Soldiers gonna be Cavalry or Infantry? That might also factor in to his decision. And then we have his emphasis of anglo dominance, but in the same token I am rather curious whether some of this may have just been a regular habit of speech for the time rather than actually meaning all of what it implies. |
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Post by strange on Mar 6, 2012 16:26:38 GMT -5
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Post by joewiggs on Mar 6, 2012 16:43:19 GMT -5
Very impressive and great quality. You have done a wonderful job, thus far, and your art work is exceptional. I speak for the whole crew when i say how proud we are of you!  |
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Post by strange on Mar 6, 2012 18:18:46 GMT -5
Very impressive and great quality. You have done a wonderful job, thus far, and your art work is exceptional. I speak for the whole crew when i say how proud we are of you! Technically I have the crew duties, you are one of the stars! |
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Post by joewiggs on Mar 10, 2012 11:36:26 GMT -5
You honor me and my appreciation comes from the depths of my soul.  |
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Post by stumblingbear on Oct 7, 2012 9:57:40 GMT -5
I don't believe that Custer believed in the institution of slavery. He did feel, I think, that Blacks were inferior to Whites.
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Post by strange on Oct 7, 2012 14:15:00 GMT -5
I don't believe that Custer believed in the institution of slavery. He did feel, I think, that Blacks were inferior to Whites. His quoted sentiments on blacks were to the regard that they were less educated, which was true. They were just coming out of slavery. I have no idea what his views on Slavery were. |
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Post by stumblingbear on Oct 7, 2012 17:14:40 GMT -5
Actually, you are right. I don't really know what his viewpoints were on slavery. I think it would be fgascinating to actually know but, I haven't really found any confirmation one way or the other.  Can anyone help out? |
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Post by joewiggs on Oct 12, 2012 19:45:57 GMT -5
Stunblingbear, I don't know either. I would like to believe that he viewed all men as Men. However, a citizen of that time and era would not be amiss if he or she did feel that races other than whites were inferior.
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Can anyone help out?