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Slaves

Wierd how he was in favor of slaves afterwards... Hippocrit?

It may seem that way from a 21st century perspective, but possibly not. He seems to have joined the Confederacy because he considered his country to be Louisiana, not from a personal desire to promote slavery. Of course it's hard to second guess how someone thought in such a very different time and place. -- Infrogmation 16:01, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ditto. And, let's face it, people back then knew slavery was wrong... Beauregard was a professional soldier, doing what the other professionals were doing. Engr105th (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

He might have just wanted to stick with his home town. Think about Robert E. Lee. He only joined the Confederacy because Virginia seceded. He did not resign until Virginia left. Joshi 3:40, 7 Mar 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.115.72 (talk)

@Joshi: Contrary to what "98.155.115.72" expounds, Beauregard advocated Black civil rights during the reconstruction era. <--𓂀 Aearthrise (talk) 02:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)