The first time a white man ever stuck his neck out for us?

The phrase was the first time he ever saw. He was not alive during the civil war. So it was theoretically accurate--regardless of whether the real life version of the character said this or not.

Slavery wasn't the only and certainly no where near the primary reason for the civil war.

It's just blind race propaganda. The only people who actually fall for it are the complete dick dumb of society and the extreme racists - ie, most of the people who somehow liked this heap of trash.

To be honest-there SHOULD be a historical narrative on how blacks and whites depended on each other,often forming caring relationships, though always in secret.
Every time we see historical movies based on the civil rights movement, trying to understand the race predicament concerning our 300 year old country - its always black and white - hate against oppression. This nation dearly imploded in on itself because millions of whites HATED slavery with all their souls and hearts, hence the Civil War. It boggles my mind on how the narrative of black and whites caring enough to fight for each other has never surfaced - EVEN THOUGH there is abundant proof in our history books. Hence my book, fiction, based on one type of relationship "The River" 2016

Yes, Eisenhower, a Republican, was the first president to bring the first piece of civil rights legislation, in 1957, since the reconstruction era. Btw, JFK voted against the civil rights act of 1957 as a senator, but nobody mentions that, especially not in this biased liberal cesspool of a movie or in the leftist driven education system.

The North fought the South because the South was super wealthy and didn't give them a fair cut of anything. I'm positive if cotton could grow up North like it did down South, slavery would be legal up North as well. It was indeed a war over the North's jealousy of the South's wealth.

I believe the qualifier "he saw" is the key. It made a huge impression on him.

Whites fought for black civil rights right alongside black people, as you can see both in history and the movie. If anyone believes all white people are evil, well, that's just plain ignorance. Films like this help tell the stories of history, hopefully in a way where people can gain empathy for each other.

As stated times before, the civil war was not fought strictly on the basis of slavery. It was more or less that southern life was much different than Northern life and the South wanted to preserve it's way and become independent. Lincoln used the emancipation proclimation to his advantage to get blacks in the north and south to fight in the war. All Lincoln was trying to do was to keep the country together by any means necessary.

We're there some who were fighting strictly for abolisment? Sure, mostly the blacks and a few whites. But racism was still extremely strong in the North during after and until this day in all parts of the country. To say Lincoln stuck his neck out for Blacks is preposterous, he did what he saw fit in maintaining a united country.


Do not listen to your school books children, wait until college and then you will find out the truth.

And by the way, the "deadliest war FOUGHT" wasn't deadly because of straight up casualties from fighting. A soldierwas more likely to die from disease or the elements than from an opposing soldier. And more likely to die from the effects of a gunshot wound then the bullet itself. If medical science had been more advanced and doctors hadn't been cutting off limbs of awake and aware soldiers with a rusty saw, many less deaths would have occurred.