ubiquitin: A lot of southerners moved away after they lost the civil war. North America (i.e. the US) no longer was a place they wanted to live in. Too much govt control. Could be they moved back to Europe were they originally came from doesn’t make it symbolic with racism.
The same can be said of the Magen David. Being that the Jews had to wear it to allow for persecution during the WWII era, does that mean that the Israelis want their country persecuted therefore they use the Magen David on their flag.
lesschumras: The civil war was a power struggle. The southern states seceded from the union by democratic vote but, Abraham Lincoln did not want to be a president on such a small country so HE started the war. The southerners had no intention of war. The big question is, did anybody really have the slaves in mind or were others who could not afford it just jealous.(like the wall street protesters). Maybe just maybe they used the concept of freeing the slaves in order to control the south, since the capital moved at that time from New York which was a blow to the north. That is how politics works nothing to do with morals and rights. One persons rights results in the other persons lack of rights.(that’s a topic in itself)