Also, blacks had the right to vote in many northern states prior to the Civil war...voting historically the world over was limited to land owners as you are likely aware. You scoff at other sources so there seems to be no point in posting them. I guess I am a sucker, here is a link.
Devil’s Punchbowl: ‘Concocted Confederate propaganda,’ Boxley says - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to note the white Union troops were stationed at Fort McPherson and the Black Union troops were stationed below the bluff in the area of Magnolia Vale. We regret the error and are happy to set the record...www.natchezdemocrat.com
it's fascinating watching people "argue" when they think via association rather than via deduction
it's a bit like mild Wernicke's Aphasia, or like chat GPT, just one association after another without much thought into whether the associations bolster or diminish the argument being made, or are even germane to a thread of logic.