CSPAN3 American History TV September 4, 2014
Some cases kill their former masters. Now, possessing racial prejudice, these British Naval officers, again, theyre growing into this role. Dont get the idea that these are William Lloyd garrison on the decks of these naval warships. Theyve got other priorities. So they are not naturalborn abolitionists but they are working up a real good hatred for the United States as this conflict goes along, and theyre trying to think, how can we really stick it to them . And it occurs to them, by liberating their slaves and using them against them. Thats what is going on here. And coburn thought, well, it...