Jefferson Davis - The Civil War & The Confederate States of America Documentary

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Im a black American army veteran myself & history buff This is great to watch Love all of this channels videos period No hate all of history needs to be told. 💪🏾 God bless you all.

Any time questions are asked about things and beliefs that happened over a 150 years ago you must remember how times gave changed. I am 77 years old and just in my lifetime immense change has taken place but we should maintain history and learn from it and respect it.

I never expected an hour on the Confederate President. This is awesome

Shelby Foote wisely begins and ends his beautiful trilogy with Davis. To understand Davis properly is to understand the Civil War.

This is a 'Wonderful & Intelligent' portrayal of the History of U.S. Civil War, seemingly not from the viewpoint of the Republican Party (Northern Perspective) nor the Democratic Party (Southern Viewpoint), but a rather 'Neutral Perspective', perhaps a British viewpoint.? I learned SO MUCH, from this documentary, I can see why this type of historical honesty is not taught in schools and why we (U.S. Citizens) are so ignorant of our own history. THANK YOU 'Peoples Profiles'..!!

I was surprised to see Jefferson Davis in my family tree book, a few years ago. Turns out he's my 5th or 6th great uncle

This has become one of my favorite channels. I don't do well with a bunch of names and dates that seem disconnected from each other. These documentaries bring it all together for me. I watched the documentary about Guy Fawkes before I watched this one. What struck me is that both Fawkes and Davis believed in the "rightness" of their actions, that their way of life and existence were on the line. As for the US the question of "what kind of nation are we" rages even today, although the issues differ. It's easy to condemn a particular historical figure as a villain and say " I would NEVER do that" but no one really knows. The Biblical verse about eyes, motes and planks comes to mind. I find history enjoyable because it's like visiting another country, but it's also taught me not to feel too proud because I think maybe I'm not that different from those in the past and have huge planks in my eyes.

Jefferson Scott Davis III was my roommate when I was stationed in Germany, lol.

Best way to avoid a slave revolt, don't enslave people

This is the one I have been waiting on, love this channel. Love the presentation

Abert Johnston (1803-1862) was the Johnston killed at Shiloh. Joesef Johnston (1807-1891) was one of those generals at the beginning of civil war who felt didn't get the proper rank seniority he felt he deserved. Joe thus became a life long critic of Davis.

Well done production. Thank you for your work. 🙏🏾🇺🇲❤️

love your channel keep up the good work man

A+ Documentary ❤from Canada 🇨🇦

I’m surprised nobody has made a film about him

Well done. I enjoyed watching this.

For : all4one ... Your comment was MORE than fair . I was born in Jacksonville, but grew up in D .C. area. Considered myself essentially a Northerner , because a great grandfather was a Union soldier on Yankee side . It was all heartbreaking. And I don't hate Anyone . I understand some residual hate , even in my lifetime , Southerners had for Yankees , and residual hate blacks had/have for whites . But it's all a dead end .

Thanks. Fascinating topic.

My mom's paternal grandmother, Elizabeth "Bettie" Tillman Davis Hooks, was adopted by Jefferson Davis when she was 5 years old along with her sister. She cared for him in his final days in her house on Chippewa Street in New Orleans where he died.