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  • @Biography
    @Biography  11 лет назад +79

    Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.
    - Jefferson Davis

    • @manemba
      @manemba 6 лет назад +1

      Biography good quote.

    • @B3nsonnnn
      @B3nsonnnn 5 лет назад +1

      poker

    • @pongish2326
      @pongish2326 4 года назад

      it should be BE NAUGHTY TOO THE HUMBLE OR HUMBLE TO THE NAUGHTY lmao

    • @charlieboisvert9699
      @charlieboisvert9699 2 года назад

      No the South would of ended your people from slavery and to let you know your people fought for the South and they were given there freedom for doing so sir I'm against the federal government not your people 90 percent of southern people did not own slaves

    • @thoroughlyrustled6186
      @thoroughlyrustled6186 Год назад +1

      @@pongish2326 haughty is an actual word.... lol

  • @usa26point2mileman
    @usa26point2mileman 5 лет назад +55

    Wow. He made it to 1899? He "only" died 120 years ago.

    • @thrawn_wave4927
      @thrawn_wave4927 3 года назад +2

      *1889

    • @MelB868
      @MelB868 3 года назад

      120 years ago was a long time ago

    • @pepperoni952
      @pepperoni952 2 года назад

      @@MelB868 Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889. He lived till 1977. It really wasn’t that long ago

  • @usa8529
    @usa8529 4 года назад +55

    Just imagine how strange it would be if the split continued and succeeded. That sounds like an amazing movie idea.

    • @abdus3596
      @abdus3596 3 года назад +5

      Just look at the story of Germany after WW2

    • @jameswebster150
      @jameswebster150 3 года назад +5

      I think a movie is already out like that

    • @jamaicansunitedforchange5745
      @jamaicansunitedforchange5745 3 года назад +1

      @@jameswebster150 lol true

    • @bethprather9241
      @bethprather9241 2 года назад

      If it wasn't for Georgia!! Praise the Lord..It may have happened

    • @booqueefious2230
      @booqueefious2230 2 года назад

      @Lana Marla Peebles it would have gone away anyway, and been a smoother transition

  • @arod8596
    @arod8596 4 года назад +27

    Can you imagine the jokes we have for congress resigning to go fight for the wars they start?

  • @maxfilmsdotcom7079
    @maxfilmsdotcom7079 4 года назад +25

    The correct title should be Jefferson Davis first, last, and only president of the confederacy

  • @jesuisanonyme7312
    @jesuisanonyme7312 4 года назад +56

    In an alternate history, this could have been Washington

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +5

      nah...hitler would be. no way a confederation of states would have been powerful enough to invade normandy or build a nuclear bomb

    • @gonk534
      @gonk534 3 года назад +2

      Alan
      What?

    • @14TND88
      @14TND88 3 года назад +2

      @@AlanJWatkins that’s exactly what the united states is...

    • @Zachariah_
      @Zachariah_ 2 года назад +3

      Exactly. If Washington lost he would have been considered a traitor to his country and released from prison as not to create a Marter…

  • @monetroshi
    @monetroshi 4 года назад +28

    He was a slave owner and owned 113 slaves in his plantation. Stop erasing slavery like it never happened

    • @therowdyboysnetwork2827
      @therowdyboysnetwork2827 3 года назад +7

      Then stop tearing down statues and trying to erase history

    • @jameswebster150
      @jameswebster150 3 года назад +2

      I don't agree with tearing down but there being torn down for the same reason they where put up out of spite but i also think two wrongs don't make a right.

    • @nikkonichols
      @nikkonichols 11 месяцев назад +1

      Who cares

  • @planeguy9744
    @planeguy9744 3 года назад +8

    He died in December 1889, not 1899

  • @gavingallimore03
    @gavingallimore03 4 года назад +7

    He actually died in 1889

  • @enerilove1
    @enerilove1 5 лет назад +21

    why was I not taught this in history class?

    • @FormedUnique
      @FormedUnique 4 года назад +13

      Because the victor writes history

    • @jeffersondavis9415
      @jeffersondavis9415 4 года назад +8

      Probably because he was the “bad guy” in American history when actually he wasn’t that bad at being the first president of Confederacy

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +1

      @@jeffersondavis9415 i guess your not a "results oriented" type

    • @squid.com8927
      @squid.com8927 3 года назад +1

      @@jeffersondavis9415 he was the bad guy because he was the president of the confederacy
      And I think this documentary was way to lenient Jefferson Davis became president because he wanted to keep black people enslaved

    • @bethprather9241
      @bethprather9241 2 года назад

      As an educator and I love history and we are still learning. BUT I've decided we all need a MAJOR REVIEW. Jan 6 WAS SO SAD.. ALL THOSE THAT Died for us..embarrassing

  • @codyroden7447
    @codyroden7447 Год назад +3

    That's cause the south had the right to succeed read the articles of confederation states are sovereign and our constitution does not state anything different to this day

  • @JayFordProductions
    @JayFordProductions 3 года назад +14

    He had black babies , literally.

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 3 года назад +7

      Many slave holders had

  • @AlanJWatkins
    @AlanJWatkins 5 лет назад +15

    I like people who weren't captured

  • @aaronallen9089
    @aaronallen9089 4 года назад +12

    I love history

  • @lily_lavidadance
    @lily_lavidadance 4 года назад +5

    this vidioe was very helpful

  • @LTrotsky21stCentury
    @LTrotsky21stCentury 4 года назад +6

    "First" President? Was there a second?

  • @leondillon8723
    @leondillon8723 11 месяцев назад +1

    0:18)Are the Zouaves, stage left, north or south militia?
    2:57)In an earlier speech, Abe Lincoln II mentioned the right of succession.

  • @Eagle3396
    @Eagle3396 9 лет назад +33

    Symbol of a lost cause. I think that sums up Davis well..

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +3

      @js32dv not noble, just not losers

    • @rturobhutan2766
      @rturobhutan2766 3 года назад

      I'm Arthur Bhutic! I'm at 8902 Crazy Horse Trail, Houston, Texas 77064-7151! I've been writing ✍ his name around in Houston! It's on light poles, on the street, including Crazy Horse Trail, on fences, and on signs!

  • @aaronwhite7581
    @aaronwhite7581 3 года назад +8

    Very interesting

  • @anjananaam9347
    @anjananaam9347 4 года назад +14

    Why he resembles Abraham Lincoln?

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 3 года назад +5

      Both Davis and Lincoln were born in Kentucky

    • @erickomar3152
      @erickomar3152 Год назад

      Both were of Anglo-Saxon extraction maybe? 🤔

    • @teiloturner2760
      @teiloturner2760 Год назад

      Abraham Lincoln's Great grandmother came from Ysbyty Ifan (house still there) and Jefferson Davis grandparents lived less than fifteen minutes away both in Eryri.

  • @robertelee675
    @robertelee675 2 года назад +20

    God Bless President Davis!!!!!!!

    • @robertelee675
      @robertelee675 2 года назад +1

      @@Endgame707 so is biden

    • @robertelee675
      @robertelee675 2 года назад +2

      @@Endgame707 first off...who cares and #2 just beacuse i believe in the south does not make me racist........

    • @robertelee675
      @robertelee675 2 года назад +1

      @@Endgame707 whatever

  • @AF-jx7hz
    @AF-jx7hz 2 года назад +1

    Same music as the "being frank" episode of always sunny at the beginning

  • @berry.styles
    @berry.styles 6 месяцев назад +2

    They call Varina a teenager who was 1/2 his age, I was thinking she was like 14, but she was 19

  • @matthewlee9728
    @matthewlee9728 6 месяцев назад

    lets not forget thet he was born in kentucky and recived a significant portion of his education in that state porud to have been born not far from his birthplace

  • @anatine_banana_69
    @anatine_banana_69 2 года назад +2

    Oh hey, Miles Morales' father!

  • @TimesFM4532
    @TimesFM4532 2 года назад +7

    Not sure you can say he farmed cotton

  • @waynesigmon5628
    @waynesigmon5628 5 лет назад +17

    God bless Jefferson Davis God bless the fighting men for the South God bless the service to our country and our former country

  • @dannythach624
    @dannythach624 10 лет назад +1

    Danny writing note Jefferson Davis.

  • @TheConorsmithusa
    @TheConorsmithusa 2 года назад +7

    What a hero

  • @davetisch574
    @davetisch574 3 года назад +39

    There should be more men like him

    • @brunowhitehead8105
      @brunowhitehead8105 2 года назад +19

      No

    • @lukemckinney9550
      @lukemckinney9550 2 года назад +21

      Why? Wasn’t he a bad guy who liked slavery?

    • @蓬头垢面-n2c
      @蓬头垢面-n2c Год назад +9

      @@lukemckinney9550 everyone at that time liked slavery lol

    • @Theremarkablemarcus
      @Theremarkablemarcus Год назад +9

      @@蓬头垢面-n2c that’s not a justification. And it certainly wasn’t “everyone”

    • @RATHEHITMAKER
      @RATHEHITMAKER Год назад +7

      @@蓬头垢面-n2cwhat do you mean “everyone”

  • @user-th5oz5pm2e
    @user-th5oz5pm2e 3 месяца назад

    I am US President The Great Great Great Grandson of US President Jefferson Davis Chas Davis Charles Ferguson

  • @trisgilmour
    @trisgilmour 4 года назад +9

    A great president

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +1

      i prefer people who were not captured.

  • @uuuultra
    @uuuultra 4 года назад +12

    2:33 "the South's cause" ..... there was no cause; it was all about money.

  • @mechcavandy986
    @mechcavandy986 7 лет назад +14

    My president. Happy Presidents Day.

  • @bzssheetmetal6783
    @bzssheetmetal6783 4 года назад +4

    Abraham Lincoln's brother

  • @lindsayhengehold5341
    @lindsayhengehold5341 2 года назад +1

    Interesting fellow!

  • @changgyulee3561
    @changgyulee3561 3 года назад +4

    I see a lot of Joe Biden in this guy.

  • @blue-skiesinhiseyes5528
    @blue-skiesinhiseyes5528 2 года назад +1

    My blood ancestral patron.

  • @joba7064
    @joba7064 2 года назад

    That photo looks fake are we sure it's real? The one with his wife

  • @maplecolor1
    @maplecolor1 4 года назад +2

    for the next 10 years he was a salve owner

    • @maplecolor1
      @maplecolor1 4 года назад +1

      @js32dv what are you talking about?

    • @kimsey0000
      @kimsey0000 3 года назад +1

      A little dab'l do ya!

  • @melissacline3176
    @melissacline3176 2 года назад

    ya

  • @aaronallen9089
    @aaronallen9089 4 года назад +2

    He wrote a book?

  • @IanCaponeDrVonoreheimdonzYT
    @IanCaponeDrVonoreheimdonzYT 3 года назад +1

    Woah

  • @ArgueWithTheMajority
    @ArgueWithTheMajority 4 месяца назад

    0:59 "Davis" farmed cotton. 🤦

  • @charlieboisvert9699
    @charlieboisvert9699 4 года назад +19

    God bless the confederate cause and may the South rise again amen

    • @charlieboisvert9699
      @charlieboisvert9699 4 года назад +1

      @Micheal Carney they can be free 90 percentage of the Southern did not own a slave and all we want is our confederate state s back away from the union just like the US did they fought the British and should not have give us our cosa again

    • @chrisdavern9482
      @chrisdavern9482 4 года назад +16

      Why on earth would you say that apart from a cool thing to say ...no one in their right mind would want the south to rise again

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +7

      god bless our founding fathers. republic beats confederacy.

    • @charlieboisvert9699
      @charlieboisvert9699 4 года назад

      @gamelvr1 liberal. You are i will see you on the battlefield then we will see big mouth on the phone

    • @Vuden13
      @Vuden13 2 года назад

      Wtf u racist

  • @BigJeep00
    @BigJeep00 Год назад +1

    Not Lost Cause, The CSA Government was Never Surrendered, just Army. It's just Half Time.

  • @AlanJWatkins
    @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +7

    atleast bin laden didnt try to rewrite our constitution. 1776!

    • @kylecox005
      @kylecox005 4 года назад +3

      Alan I wish you could make sense.

    • @kennethshen7265
      @kennethshen7265 4 года назад

      @@kylecox005 lol

    • @AlanJWatkins
      @AlanJWatkins 4 года назад +3

      @GEORGE FLOYD GHOST you are aware that by posting as his "ghost", you are bringing awareness to and further promoting the immortality of his legacy. george floyd may have been a felon, but atleast he wasnt a traitor ...

    • @14TND88
      @14TND88 3 года назад +1

      @@AlanJWatkins no he was something worse, a domestic abuser

    • @waterboyyyyy9523
      @waterboyyyyy9523 Год назад

      “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, and whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and form new government, laying its foundation on the consent and protection of the governed” - Declaration of Independence. Actually read what our founding fathers wrote because it looks like that’s what the south did

  • @nobodynobodys3828
    @nobodynobodys3828 Год назад

    Can't wait to see the second.
    This is not even a joke. I'm being serious.

  • @avpdesignsllc2738
    @avpdesignsllc2738 4 года назад +8

    So he was a loser and a Trader, Got it

    • @charlieboisvert9699
      @charlieboisvert9699 2 года назад

      For you he is but not for us southern s us government is the problem

  • @veronicaarcos5652
    @veronicaarcos5652 7 месяцев назад

    En castellano hablado 😡😈🇨🇱

  • @siyoonlee7944
    @siyoonlee7944 3 года назад +3

    I see a lot of Joe Biden in Davis.

    • @Koopalingfan
      @Koopalingfan Год назад

      Exactly. Joe Biden will probably go down in history as USA version of Jefferson Davis.

    • @KendraEstherHamilton
      @KendraEstherHamilton 8 месяцев назад

      I see none of it. Jeff wasn't demented and he was a good leader

  • @franklinculbreth6595
    @franklinculbreth6595 4 года назад +5

    They ran him and his biggot family right out of Richmond.

  • @VogtTD
    @VogtTD 7 лет назад +3

    Cool propaganda bro

  • @dannythach624
    @dannythach624 10 лет назад

    Danny writing note Jefferson Davis.