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Why do you think the Confederacy was so reluctant to allow enslaved people to handle weapons?

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Answer:

Fear of revolt.

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The Confederacy feared a slave revolt within their own lands, and allowing those slaves to handle weapons, in their minds, could rapidly increase the chance of a massive revolt of slaves.

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