Nathan Bedford Forrest Edit Meaning

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A Confederate cavalryofficer, who beat Union troops in nearly every battle especially when outnumbered two or three to one.

Massacred black and Uniontroops at Fort Pillow in 1864, or at least turned his back on the actions of his subordinates.

Made his fortune raising tobacco and selling slaves.

Was the first Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klanor KKK, which he disassociated himself with shortly thereafter. He testified before Congressin 1870 during the Ku Klux Klan hearings and rightfully considered the Klancompletely lawlessterrorists.

Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first gangsta rapper. Not only did he get rich from selling black people into slavery, he also invented the drive by shooting and lynched dozens of black people.

See kkk, confederate, military