Jack Hinson

[J. Beckert]

This is an interesting story of a man I've never heard of and a great example that the war wasn't about slavery for most folks.

It's also a great example that the first hand hostilities and atrocities visited upon the Southern populace many times forced a gun into otherwise unwilling hands. Hinson freed his slaves on his own accord and had such a report with them, they raised his children while he took care of business.

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