Individual rebel soldiers shielded specific white prisoners from the massacres

Evidence

Some black soldiers sought to protect white prisoners. Descourtilz, spared from the initial slaughter because of his ability to “heal people who are sick,” had his life saved twice by sympathetic soldiers. One of these, an elderly man named Pompée, held up a revolver to protect Descourtilz and announced that anyone who wished to kill the white doctor would have to kill him first. Those who showed him pity were vindicated: Descourtilz would prove himself useful in taking care of rebel wounded during the dramatic battle that was to come. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 964

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Category: Factual Claims

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