Most Slaves Gladly Supported the Confederacy

[I]t is not surprising that most southern blacks (both free and slave) supported the Southern war effort….

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 3 quotes from 1996 to 2005, from Southern Slavery: As It Was and Black & Tan, each cited to the source.

[I]t is not surprising that most southern blacks (both free and slave) supported the Southern war effort…. [M]any Southern blacks supported the South because of long established bonds of affection and trust that had been forged over generations with their white masters and friends. They gladly supported the war effort with food, labor, and sometimes fighting. Their loyalty to the principles of the South rivaled and was sometimes even greater than that of some whites.

— Steve Wilkins & Douglas Wilson, Southern Slavery: As It Was, Canon Press, 1996, “The True Nature of Slavery in the South”, p. 11

The fact that there were very few slave uprisings in the South further confirms the fact that slaves were well-treated and often had a deep loyalty to, and affection for, their masters.

— Douglas Wilson, Southern Slavery: As It Was (with Steve Wilkins), Canon Press, 1996, “The True Nature of Slavery in the South”

The Confederate States of America lasted as long as it did, against overwhelming odds, in part because of the great contribution made by many loyal Confederate blacks to her war effort. This contribution is probably one of the greatest untold stories in the annals of our nation’s history. Not only was it a “finest hour,” to use Churchill’s phrase, it was an hour which white America generally refuses to acknowledge—to this day.

— Douglas Wilson, Black & Tan: A Collection of Essays and Excursions on Slavery, Culture War, and Scripture in America, Canon Press, 2005, “Black Confederates”, p. 72