"As well, the film paints race relations in the North as fairly rosy, with substantial prejudice but without virulent hatred. While a few white characters, such as the quartermaster who refuses to grant the regiment boots, speak rudely about black people, it is not particularly intense. This ignores a history of profound racism in the free state, with many black soldiers fighting in the war to prove their worth to society." This is by Alex Langer from McGillblogs.com
In the movie Glory, the 54th regiment is conveyed with little prejudice while in reality they were treated much more harshly and faced much more brutally. The quartermaster in the movie was rude, but he was actually much more heinous. In a free state of "profound racism" the 54th regiment was treated with more hatred than portrayed in the film. 3
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