George Washington Jackerspades
From the following:
RECONSTRUCTION IN KENTUCKY,
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Faculty
Of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
of Master of Arts
Department of History
by
John W. Manning
1926
From a footnote in the above:
"House Report, 39th. Congress, 1st. Session, Doc.ll.
Also Louisville Daily Democrat, January 7, 1866. The
report of the Secretary of War, 1866, page 705, states
that after June 12, 1866, General Fiske was assigned to
duty as District Commander of Troops in Tennessee, and
finally mustered out of service, September 1, 1866.
Brig. Gen. J. R. Lewis succeeded him as head of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Tennessee, Kentucky was made a
separate sub-district.
At this point it is interesting to notice the work
of Fiske among the negroes, which must have been very
intimate, if the newspapers are to be depended upon.
The following are extracts from a speech of George
Washington Jackerspades, of color, to a meeting of
freedmen in Louisville, January 16, 1866, as reported
by the Democrat of January .17:
"He (General Fiske) told us, ladies and gemmen, feller
citizens, dat ob right all de lands in de Souf belong
to us. You hear date Yes, sar, and I te11s you dat
if dar was a few mor white men wid nigger hearts, like
our respected friend Ginral Frisk, we had dem lands • ...
Fact tis, I would like to hab a plantation down on de
Massissip river with a few of dese dam rebs to work
for me... He tell us dat when one of dese dam rebs
poke his head up (dat means when he sass collud gemmen
or lady) just shoot him on de spot ... . He (General Fiske)
is the only white man dat I eber see who was fit to be
a nigger. He ben to my house, de Ginral hab, he set
long side my ole women at de dinner table, he pat my
sun, Gump, on de hed and say, 'Sunny, you grow big
arter while, kill lots dam white trash'. He kiss my
little Tebisyann, and say, 'Brudder Sam, dis nice
little gal ob yourn - you send her to school arter
while- she make nice wife for my sun'. You hear dat."
(Great applause). 'He tell us to work or let lone,
just as we please, dat every ting belong to us anyhow.
And he say he be dam ef ne gwaine to let dem white
trash make vagrous laws for us - you hear dat • •• Now
I want you all to go home and pray dat if the Lord can't
change Ginrals skin in dis world, dat he may always keep
as black a heart as He got now, and when he come to die
to gib him a seat in heaben longside de niggars he hep
so well in dis world."
Interesting, as harsh as Reconstruction was in Kentucky, Kentuckians had voted early in the war to remain neutral.
By Zeitgeist (aka SpiritWoman)
((Funny, isn't it, how these people, once emancipated just KNEW they could run a plantation as good as or better than, their white plantation owners.))
RECONSTRUCTION IN KENTUCKY,
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Faculty
Of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
of Master of Arts
Department of History
by
John W. Manning
1926
From a footnote in the above:
"House Report, 39th. Congress, 1st. Session, Doc.ll.
Also Louisville Daily Democrat, January 7, 1866. The
report of the Secretary of War, 1866, page 705, states
that after June 12, 1866, General Fiske was assigned to
duty as District Commander of Troops in Tennessee, and
finally mustered out of service, September 1, 1866.
Brig. Gen. J. R. Lewis succeeded him as head of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Tennessee, Kentucky was made a
separate sub-district.
At this point it is interesting to notice the work
of Fiske among the negroes, which must have been very
intimate, if the newspapers are to be depended upon.
The following are extracts from a speech of George
Washington Jackerspades, of color, to a meeting of
freedmen in Louisville, January 16, 1866, as reported
by the Democrat of January .17:
"He (General Fiske) told us, ladies and gemmen, feller
citizens, dat ob right all de lands in de Souf belong
to us. You hear date Yes, sar, and I te11s you dat
if dar was a few mor white men wid nigger hearts, like
our respected friend Ginral Frisk, we had dem lands • ...
Fact tis, I would like to hab a plantation down on de
Massissip river with a few of dese dam rebs to work
for me... He tell us dat when one of dese dam rebs
poke his head up (dat means when he sass collud gemmen
or lady) just shoot him on de spot ... . He (General Fiske)
is the only white man dat I eber see who was fit to be
a nigger. He ben to my house, de Ginral hab, he set
long side my ole women at de dinner table, he pat my
sun, Gump, on de hed and say, 'Sunny, you grow big
arter while, kill lots dam white trash'. He kiss my
little Tebisyann, and say, 'Brudder Sam, dis nice
little gal ob yourn - you send her to school arter
while- she make nice wife for my sun'. You hear dat."
(Great applause). 'He tell us to work or let lone,
just as we please, dat every ting belong to us anyhow.
And he say he be dam ef ne gwaine to let dem white
trash make vagrous laws for us - you hear dat • •• Now
I want you all to go home and pray dat if the Lord can't
change Ginrals skin in dis world, dat he may always keep
as black a heart as He got now, and when he come to die
to gib him a seat in heaben longside de niggars he hep
so well in dis world."
Interesting, as harsh as Reconstruction was in Kentucky, Kentuckians had voted early in the war to remain neutral.
By Zeitgeist (aka SpiritWoman)
((Funny, isn't it, how these people, once emancipated just KNEW they could run a plantation as good as or better than, their white plantation owners.))
When he heard a relative complain that his low economic condition was caused by "the man," he observed that he had never seen a bunch of white guys drag him out of school. That did not make him popular with the rest of the family.
On another occasion, a relative complained that his son was treated like a shoplifter in a high level clothing store. His comment to the relative was that maybe if his son didn't dress like a thug, talk like a thug, and keep making gang symbols people would treat him with more respect. Needless to say that wasn't well received, either.
I have had good and bad experiences. While there may be some cultural generalities observed [like this man's family] some people are able to rise above the norm, and that ability should be recognized.
And I don't know how to explain this to them so they can understand it.
Black Americans have only had the opportunity to experience life as white Americans do (sort of) since the 1960s. What didn't help was LBJ's "Great Society," giveaways that destroyed the black nuclear family. It was the kind of racism of low expectations that did terrible damage, resulting in most black children growing up in a single parent (usually the mother) home, and out of wedlock birth rate climbing to 70%.
Schools in black neighborhoods are lower quality than in white neighborhoods, with the combination of poor family conditions and incompetent teachers resulting in children unable to read by the age of eight. Child psychologists will tell you that if the window of opportunity to develop reading skills is missed, that person is likely to have a lower IQ score in testing. A child of any race that suffers these limiting conditions will appear less intelligent than their peers who have better family and educational conditions.
A sense of respect for the rights of others does not necessarily depend on mentality only.
"American blacks cannot hold positions of power and authority in America, and the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa must have caretaker forms of government until and unless they can demonstrate self-restraint and self-government."
I would in bygone times, have told you that perhaps there is the rare black that is exceptional, maybe even able to think analytically, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT every single black American will generalize that statement into ALL blacks can think analytically. This is what they do, and how they think. Generalization of instantiation is typical blackthink.
Please read my topic: "Parting Shot" to get a better idea of exactly what we are dealing with in the here and now, and why it will result in unwanted future consequences.
Culture is the great divider, as we witness a distinct split in American culture, with one side judging people by their character, and the other by the color of their skin. Leftists believe that whites are incurably racist, and would gladly point to you as that example.
Different breeds have different characteristics, as well. Of course, it's more observant in breeds of dogs, as there are far fewer genes for intelligence, etc. But labradors on the whole, will retrieve, and border collies, on the whole, will shepherd.
Herrnstein and Murray showed that the average IQ of blacks is a whole standard deviation lower than the average IQ of all other Americans. You can read this in their study: The Bell Curve.
I never knew Obamma said that; he may have done it for the sake of immigrants from the Central and South America.
I'll get busy on that topic.
Eric Holder is one of the worst of these. I had a particularly bad run-in with him.