Episode One: AMERICAN PATRIOT
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- Jefferson Davis' early years: West Point, military appointment, and his first love and tragically short marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor. After ten reclusive years as a planter, Davis marries again and forges a political path that leads him to Washington City as a Mississippi representative to Congress. He distinguishes himself in the Mexican War and returns a hero. Davis then serves his country in the Senate, as Secretary of War and in the late 1850s, with the stirrings of secession abounding, Davis tries to keep the fledgling nation together but at the end, Davis must side with his home state of Mississippi and departs his beloved Washington City...forever.
Excellent documentary. Thanks from London UK.
Enjoyed your documentary on Jefferson Davis. I love history and especially American history.
As a Disabled Veteran who served this country - I can see Davis as a historical figure of interest - but I can never call Davis a Patriot. A person that can see a fellow American as mere chattel because of the color of my skin is symbolic of the madness that plagues our nation to this very day.
Hey don't blame me I voted for Jefferson Davis.
Grant was a true american hero
God bless his soul
Enjoying this documentary as I never learned anything about Jefferson Davis being from NY. Very informative.
Fascinating. Loved every second.
This is one of the finest documentaries I have seen on any subject.
Outstanding history.
Who was the first North American chief executive to appoint a Jew to his cabinet? Jefferson Davis. (Judah Benjamin, Attorney General)
Excellent documentary and very fair
what a wonderful man that so few will ever know to appreciate.
Well done!!
American slavery was out of joint with the Age. William Wilberforce , an ardent evangelical, was leading the moral revolution that helped shape Victorian England. The slave trade was abolished and the Royal Navy began to enforce efforts to end it. In the 1830, it was abolished in the Empire. Yet American cotton had become a mainstay of the textile industry and the principal export of the United States. Plantation were in effect factories manned by slaves. In many respects , the textile factories were no better than the plantations, but at least the workers were free to live and starve out of the sight of their employers. This in an age when the revolutionary idea of the autonomous individual was beginning to take hold. Even in America, there were many free blacks. The notion of human being kept captive and unable to keep anything they owned, although common to all civilization since time immemorial was now being more and more challenged.
What a wonderful series
Your profile pic should be taken down, and your name is an insult to every non-wh___ person in this country.
@@wendypollock8168 Grow up.
@@southernpride2311 grow as a human, stop being full of hate.
@@wendypollock8168 Don't mind him. The Confederacy is gone anyway.
Wendypollock8168 look in the mirror and you’ll see someone full of hate
Good day, and your description of this book is long-winded but here goes: In 1942 George "Bud" Day, then a scrawny 17 year old, defied his parents wishes and went to his local post office to enlist in the Marine Corps. He was 5"2 short and tipped the scales at just 116 pounds. This did not stop him, who says you have to be tall to be a hero....
So sad that he and the greatest of the name Jefferson both lost their wives at such a young age and after only a relatively short time of marriage.
Yeah, but he nailed some other chick after and she knew her shit.
@@fiveiron2547 total myth that has been thoroughly debunked
Never forget. Regardless of your option of the CSA, they were Americans, same as the Union and they sacrificed their lives and limbs for what they believed in. The Civil War was the single greatest tragedy this country has ever seen.
No, they seceded from the union, losing their rights to be called Americans. Here's an example : A 1st generation American born person of middle eastern ancestry decides to leave America and go to the country of their parents and then becomes a legal citizen of that country. They opt not to do dual citizenship, they only want to be considered a citizen of that country. They have now given up all rights afforded to them by the constitution of the UNITED STATES. I'm sure you agree with that, as I'm sure you would agree with my example as long as the person in the example is a poc of any country of color. It seems like you only want to afford citizen's rights to wh___ people who voluntarily give up their citizenship.
@@wendypollock8168 That is a lot to infer based on my statement, I was just saying to honor the Confederates who bravely fought for their cause, they are American Veterans who deserve the same reverence and respect as their Yankee counterparts, in 1958, Congress passed a law giving Confederate veterans the same legal status as U.S. veterans.
@@kerrick7621 wow, republicans really hate to do fact checks. That lie was started because of wh___ su_____cists mad about all of the statues being taken down. Here is some truth for you:
The 1958 legislation cited - Public Law 85-425 - says nothing of Confederate veteran legal status, graves, or monuments. Instead, it covers government pensions. The purpose of the act was “to increase the monthly rates of pension payable to widows and former widows of deceased veterans of the Spanish-American War, Civil War, Indian War, and Mexican War, and to provide pensions to widows of veterans who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.”
@@wendypollock8168 is the word White really that offensive to you? That you need to block out half of it?
@@kerrick7621 not at all. I am a white person, but when used in conjunction with the other word, CZcams seems to think I'm a psychotic trumper (a wh___ su____cist) and delete my comment.
@53:32 damn smooth
Davis, like John C. Calhoun, was a true unionist in the sense that the Founders had established, i.e. a compact of sovereign States, those States being equally burdened and equally blessed. This was vastly different than what the concept of "union" came to be by the time of the War for Southern Independence, i.e. a struggle for power by regional factions, with political and economic dominance being established in the North, and all States being subservient and obedient to the unconstitutional measures of a dominant general government.
Lincoln had a thing or two to say on this subject, and boy did he ever. Clearly, articulately, and wisely. He threw Calhoun, Davis, Toombs, Alexander Stevens, etc., and everything they stood for and fought for onto the dustbin of history-And we’re all better people, and a better country because of it & him…🙏🎩🇱🇷
No matter what anyone else says about him. To me, Jefferson Davis will always be a man of outstanding courage and honor. And to those who would argue this case, let me assure you that I don't care about your opinion on the matter.
Pretty sure Davis didn't care about the opinions of all the slaves either. Took a lot of courage to fight a war to force those slaves to remain slaves.
@@MisterGuyMan Seethe yankee
@@MisterGuyMan
Their minds were I in a whole other concept of their idea of reality.
There were several powerful values that this war was about. Few likely saw 8t more than "States Rights" + "Right to enslave", thus these were the greater focus energies.
It is about Concept and Human Higher Mind vs Lower or Ego Mind.
His family certainly are portrayed as unique to their peers.
It's hard to accept a reality other than that we are raised to believe, thus the Social diversity and variance of "prejudices, fears, and observable adolescent emotional development, even today.
...and the, yet to mature 9f mind, behaving as if all are team sports and with no real concept of the subjects.
Patience, empathy, and compassion, are necessary.
@@bethbartlett5692 I think you were a bit "high" minded when you wrote this comment
Lots of honor in the slave trade
Good doc except the name.
It was called " The War of the Rebellion ".
That Cooper guy and his calling it Rio Grand-E is annoying af.
Does anyone know when this was made?
Intro song?
As an african american I enjoy watching this documentary for the sole purpose of hearing how he lost most of his kids, lost his "country", lost his wealth and property, lost his slaves, land destroyed and he struggled for the rest of his years all blind and sad....just brings joy to my heart 😊😊😊
you do realise that many blacks free and slave fought for the Confederacy and that many blacks owned slaves?
Dude. Y’all need to get over slavery. Every country in human history had slavery. White ppl were enslaved. Jews were enslaved. Yet, black ppl are the only ones who want something out of it. You are celebrating the death of someone’s spouse when this guy lived 200 years ago and had zero effect on you or your parents.
The fact that you revel in the fact that he lost most of his kids is sociopathic and sick. Your comment here is unhelpful. Frankly, you should be ashamed and embarrassed that you even posted it.
They’re trying to rewrite history
What about Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman? Heros and role models that we can be proud of. We should have statutes and celebrate their legacy and contribution to our great country.
“U hear sometimes that it was discouraged to educate slaves” erm it was illegal to teach slaves how to read/write…
45:47 Davis gave Pemberton a cigar after they would have discussions, and that must mean James Pemberton like cigars as well, You say....
Does that mean that because Jefferson Davis gave him a job as his plantation overseer, that must mean James Pemberton liked being held against his will to work for no pay in a job he could never leave
He was just helping the guy out....right?
A cigar every now and then for your inslaved overseer...for a lifetime of servitude! What a fucked deal!!
What kinda job would he have gotten?
He'd have to leave his "family ". Who knows who'd replace him! How would he be treated?
The slave overseer was firmly INSTITUTIONALIZE!!!
@@OldHeathen1963 I can't tell if you're fucking with me.
I have a difficult time believing that anyone might still actually think blacks had better lives as slaves than they would have as freedmen.
In case you are serious, my answer to "What kind of job would he have gotten?"
My answer is the kind of job where he actually gets paid for his work and would be free to leave that job if he had wanted to.
Anyone who could "own" people and be okay with that aren't okay people js
I hear you but thats an ideology mainstream way after his time. During the time people weren't as opposed to this as now...including slaves
Jacob Bellamy yeah, absolute power always corrupts
@@dylancan69 Ehhh abolitionists were a thing.
washington owned slaves. I'm not saying it was right because it wasn't . It was the world they grow up in
There’s still slavery going on in Africa and the Middle East but nobody seems to care only worried about what happened 200 years ago
God bless Jefferson Davis and God save the south ! We just raised a 120 foot tall 30x50 confederate flag along interstate 85 In Spartanburg SC to honor our southern soldiers and men like Jeff Davis !
Serviam !
Deo vindice !
Lincoln kicked his ass, cuz God was on the side of Lincoln and the Union. There’s your Deo Vindice! The southern states that seceded did so to extend, perpetuate & eternalize slavery all over this continent. They wanted Cuba, the Caribbean, Central America, and more of Mexico, and couldn’t grab up all that land as long as they were part of the Union. Open your eyes, & mind, you unreconstructed lost causer….🙏🇱🇷
You are a supporters of kkk
Go to the toilet dude
@@timothymeehan181I agree
Awww man, I was hoping they'd get to the part where Davis backs his ol' drinkin' buddy Braxton Bragg (the worst general in the Confederacy) over Bragg's division commanders. After getting the lieutenants to recommend Bragg's removal, in front of Bragg's face, Davis removed all of the generals of the Army Of Tennesee, except Bragg. I just love that part. Thanks for saving the Union Jeff, it wouldn't have been done without you.
I share a birth date with Jefferson Davis. Here to learn.
I can imagine Robert E Lee as a most authentic friend, a "brother-friend", a man of a natural Higher Mindedness, Empathy, and Genuineness, he merely lacked a knowing of his true value and worthiness.
I remain a loyal Unionist, yet I withhold a "team sport mentality", with regards to Political Party, Civil War, and Humanity, opting for the greater values: *Country, Mankind, and the Collective Consciousness.*
The Values that are truly Higher Minded and truly holding value.
His devotion to slavery cost him dearly. Why love that culture more than libertys cause???
No Glory for Racist Slave Owners. RIP JOHN BROWN 🙏
RIP Nat Turner
Slavery is still going on in Africa and parts of the Middle East but for some reason you Americans don’t care about that you’d think the “land of the free” would care 🤔
Jeff Davis was a traitor
Hate that they took his statue down
We'll build a much bigger one made of gold
Well you don't see one of Hitler,
@@daniellimo4087 because Lincoln and his generals inspired Hitler. Your comparison is founded in ignorance.
@@factsoftheconfederacy7151 if you want parallels then Lincoln was like roosevelt. One side chose to fight for the institution of slavery the other chose to fight against it.
@@daniellimo4087 The Morrill Tariff act of 1861 was put into law March 2nd, 1861. The Corwin Amendment was approved to be ratified on March 2, 1861.
It reads:
“No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State”
This is proof the “Civil War” was about taxation (and economic differences) over the freeing of slaves. Abraham Lincoln approved of this amendment and rather have made more profit than freeing slaves. (Source: The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865
Book by Barbara Long and E. Long) Lincoln showed his support for the amendment and stated “Holding such a provision [the legality of slavery] to be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable”
(Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe. By Thomas J. Dilorenzo)
The preliminary emancipation proclamation also gave the CSA the chance to join back into the union and keep their slaves (100 days before the emancipation proclamation). The introduction of the 13th amendment also didn’t necessarily guarantee slave freedom. If the Southern states joined back even as late as months before the war ended, they could’ve stopped the passing of the 13th amendment. Lincoln even knew this and acknowledged that possibility.
Is this true? That Davis loved his slaves and didn’t beat em and taught em how to read?
Being a lifelong southern (Georgian), I know how southern history can be a little different than we are taught.
Slaves were treated like animal since the ancient period of babylonia
Davis was a tyrant like the ancient rome rulers
#ConfederateHistoryMatters
The war wasn’t over slavery…
53:05 Can you even really be mad he was a slave owner with attitudes like that in favor of him?
And he was very generous and moderate with his slaves. He let his slaves form their own courts to decide for themselves what their punishments should be if a slave violated a certain rule. Also, he had all of his slaves educated and they all learned to read and write. When the war started, one of his slaves travelled from MS to Richmond and when Varina asked him why he wanted to go see Jeff Davis he responded that he thought it would do “Maser Jeff” good to see a friendly face. When he got to the Confederate White House, Davis came out to greet the man and then invited him in and the two of them sat and smoked cigars and drank bourbon together. Not an indication of a man who was rabidly pro slavery by any means.
@@thefreeman8791 No not at all. He was very moderate for the time. He didn’t want the union to brake in the first place.
Pure List Cause Propaganda.
You misspelled Lost old man
I’m very disappointed with this. The whole thing is propaganda.
You Americans are such soft sensitive people it’s pretty’s hilarious
This is why foundational black Americans need reparations
And who pays the families of the White soldiers that gave their lives to free them?
Jeff Davis was a gentleman,
Jeff Davis was no fool,
Jeff Davis rode a dapple grey and
Abe Lincoln rode a mule
😊
davis was a coward and praised by the idiots and the losers like the kkk