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Of the ranking officers on the union side were in fact killed. what we do know is that it's pretty much established that what happened at ft. pillow, at least among scholars of the civil wars, james mcpherson and others, that what happened at ft. pillow was in fact a massacre. and by any modern standards, brother anderson, general forest would be a war criminal. so part of what we have to ask ourselves is what is being affirmed here? he was in fact a slave trader. he was in fact, just as mr. stewart will appeal to the internet as a source, and we know how questionable that can be, on that same...

The governor spoke on camera just today. but first, i spoke with greg stewart who is behind the effort to honor forest. mr. stewart, general forest was a slave trader, he personally oversaw the bull whipping of slaves, without a doubt a brilliant confederate officer but he oversaw the slaughter of hundreds of black troops and a grand wizard of the kkk. why do you want to put him on a license plate? >> well, what you've just alleged is not necessarily true. a lot of that has been in dispute for a long time. i guess i should address the slaughter of troops first. that was the ft. pillow massacre...

Which can be found on the internet if anybody wants to google that, and he made it plain he had great love for all of his fellow citizens there in memphis. >> so he wasn't a slave trader who oversaw the bull whipping of slaves? >> i don't know. i mean, the bull whipping part is something that you added. >> that's in a biography about him that's been written. >> okay. i haven't read that. but yes, while he was a u.s. citizen under the u.s. flag, he was engaged in the slave trade. >> professor, what about mr. stewart's argument that people basically -- he's saying people have their facts wrong a...

So part of what we have to ask our severals is what is being affirmed here? he was in fact a slave trader. he was in fact, just as mr. stewart will appeal to the internet as a source, and we know how questionable that can be, on that same internet, we have documentation of him being the first grand wizard of the kkk. and so i want to challenge him not only on the facts but challenge him on the basis of his moral character, what is he trying to suggest to america by putting in effect a war criminal on the license plate of people in mississippi? >> my dad is from mississippi, so i don't want you...

It. the naacp wants the governor of mississippi to speak out against a proposal for a special license plate to honor con federal general nathan bedford forest. but barbour won't take a stand. a group called the sons of confederate veterans proposed the license plate. they say it has nothing to do with forest being the first grand wizard of the kkk. no, other than that forest was just really a swell guy. well, let me tell you about nathan bedford forest, southern gentleman. he became a self-made man by selling other men. that's right. he was a slave trader. he whipped his slaves personally. the...