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I felt that the black soldiers were very stereotypical. While yes there were a variety of characters, they all seemed to follow some kind of stereotype. - Kellye Sorber | I felt that the black soldiers were very stereotypical. While yes there were a variety of characters, they all seemed to follow some kind of stereotype. - Kellye Sorber | ||
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| + | In "Reel History", we're told that the 54th was actually made up of free blacks, not former slaves, but I suppose we would have lost a lot of the angry-black-guy storylines and the very emotional whipping scene. He does note that a lot of black soldiers who fought were former slaves.. just not those who manned the 54th. --Amanda Russell | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
