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one vote kept them from freeing their slaves.”
“The slave population went down in the county. Children began to work on the farms. And slaves began to be freed. What did they fight for? Free rights. To elect their own candidates. In 1861, they voted for secession.”
“Two companies were raised in Madison. Two units that went on to play large rolls for General Lee in his Virginia campaigns. These two units were paid for by taxpayers money. A third company was formed, company K, a private company. Private funds paid for the uniforms and muskets and sent the troop off to war.”
“In late August of 1861, what you had left in the county were the old men, the women, the young slaves, and
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