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For ever 1 African American there's 6-10 whites could this be racial?
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Why did the continental army refuse to enlist blacks in the early years of the war?
many whites feared a slave uprising if blacks had guns.
What was Harry S Truman's role towards blacks in the army?
Blacks had been serving in the US Army since the Civil War, but always in racially segregated units. As President, Harry S. Truman desegregated the Army by executive order, and thereafter blacks and whites served in units together.
What are some reasons many soldiers deserted the armies?
the answer to this question is because of slavery. more slaves were coming into the army and whites left or blacks left because they didn't want to die.
Did blacks and whites serve together in the first army?
If referring to the revolutionary army, the answer is yes. Both freemen and slaves served. Slaves were offered the opportunity to earn their freedom if they served for one year. Many free black men sided with the rebels against England.
Why did most whites not want blacks to enlist in the army?
Most 'whites' did not want 'blacks' to enlist in the army because they had been taught their entire lives that African Americans, or in Australia's case Aboriginals, were inferior races, stupid and not to be put in the same rank as them. It is a typical racist view of things. In the Vietnam war for example, the 'white' Americans were disliked for being rude, ignorant and generally not very nice; the Australian's and 'Black' Americans were better thought of due to their thoughts that the Vietnamese were equals and the fact that they treated them as such.
What was the ratio of blacks to whites serving in the Vietnam War?
Approximately one black to 8 whites served, similar to the proportion in the population at large. This was also the proportion of casualties during that war. There are myths that there were heavier casualties among blacks in Vietnam. Absolutely untrue. Whites died in much higher numbers, proportionate and absolute, during WW2, because blacks were seldom allowed in combat roles. For example, the US Marine Corp did not accept blacks until long after the war was over. Most blacks in WW2 served in support groups like transportion. These support troops suffered casualties, but not as large as front-line units. There were a few black front line units, most famously black fighter plane units, armored units, and some ground combat units, as depicted in the recent Spike Lee movie. Such units were, however, very small in number. All of the armed services in WW2 were segrated, the Marines the most so, not allowing blacks to join at all. The Navy in 99% of cases had blacks serve as cooks and waiters, or as longshoreman unloading ships. The Army (which included the Air Forces back then) were slightly more liberal, but not much. The result was that far more whites than blacks died in combat during WW2. By the Vietnam era, the armed services were completely integrated, so casualties were evenly distributed among the races.
Blacks in the Civil War?
There were a considerable amount of them in the union army there were none in the confederate army as the northern states declared war over the south's enslavement of the blacks.
Where there social circumstances that facilitated blacks serving in the Union army during the Civil War?
No. The 'social circumstances' were negative. At the beginning, the troops did not want to serve alongside blacks. Later they saw how the blacks might take some of the fatigue-duties off their shoulders. Then they saw that the blacks could help to fill up the rifle-ranks, enabling whites to earn quicker promotion. By the end of the war, quite a few blacks had earned credibility as front-line soldiers, some of them with distinction.
What is the explanation to why the Confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
Your "facts" are in error.Between 65,000 and 100,000 blacks served in the Confederate Army. Let me restate that: as many as 100,000 blacks served in the Army of the South. These men were cooks, musicians, and soldiers.Of the 179,000 blacks who served in all aspects of the Union Army and 19,000 who served in the Navy, 40,000 died in service.Where the majority of Northern blacks volunteered, many of the Southern blacks were pressed into service, although quite a few volunteered to serve in the Confederate cause.
Why did white people hate blacks?
Because the Mexicans brainwashed the whites during the mexican-canadian war in order to get the americans on their side. But they decided to use the brainwashed whites as a sort of army against blacks because of the high amount of black babies being born in mexico due to black people raping everyone there.
Why was the raid at Harpers ferry unsuccessful?
Most of the slaves didn't even show up, and John Brown had a weak army of slaves and blacks. Thy were armed, but whites overpowered and killed and or captured blacks and killed them later.The contingent that caught them in the armory was led by Robert E Lee and Jeb Stuart.-StarGaiaonline.com Search for iiStarrie
Why did northern blacks want to join the union army?
because they did
