“I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked to the Confederate flag.” ThinkingWarViolenceTerribleTragedySlaveryTiesCivil WarFlagsLinkedCrowJim CrowConfederateConfederate FlagTerrible Tragedy Author:William R. Ferris
“The [Confederate] Flag is - literally - sewed division. People claim it means different things to different people, but it harkens back to the pro-slavery side of the war.” PeopleMeanDifferentWarSidesClaimsSlaveryDifferent ThingsDivisionFlagsDifferent PeoplesConfederateConfederate FlagPro Slavery Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened every African-American in the South right up through World War II. And that was after killing three-quarters of a million people, destroying cities, and creating hostility that exists to this day over the the Confederate flag and the racism it symbolizes, all brewing out of bitterness over a war that didn't have to happen.” PeopleWorldWarHappensThreeNamesCitiesMillionsEternalCreatingRacismProgramSlaveryPrisonSouthKillingDebtAfrican AmericanWar Of The WorldsThis DayBitternessDestroyingQuartersWorld War IiFlagsWorld War IThreatenedHostilityConfederateBrewingConfederate Flag Author:David Swanson
“The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.” LongStarsSeaBattleLong TimeSlaverySymbolsFlagsStripesConfederateAmerican FlagSlave TradeHigh Seas Author:Alan Keyes
“There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from the Union Army were adamantly opposed to freeing slaves. We cite these facts and recorded statistics to point out that the principal cause of the war was not the issue of slavery.” MenWarFactsCausesIssuesHe ManArmySlaveryUnionsSlaveCivil WarOwnersStatisticsPrincipalConfederateCitingSlave Owners Author:John Coleman
“I want Cuba . . . I want Tamaulipas, Potosi, and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason for the planting and spreading of slavery.” WantTwoWarStatesReasonSlaveryCivil WarMexicanCubaConfederate Author:Albert G. Brown
“Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.” MenWarNaturalWhiteConditionsEqualNormalFoundationSlaveryCivil WarWhite ManWhite SupremacyAmerican Civil WarVice PresidentCornerstonesConfederateSubordinationSlavery In AmericaConfederate FlagWhite Flag Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.” MenWorldFirstsIdeasGovernmentPoliticsNaturalWhiteRaceMoralConditionsEqualNormalStonesOppositesPhilosophicalFoundationSlaveryCornersSuperiorsWhite ManWorld HistoryAmerican Civil WarVice PresidentCornerstonesConfederateSubordinationNew GovernmentUs Civil WarConfederate Flag Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties.” IfsGivingSaidWarGovernmentFormFightingLibertyEnemyRightsMilitaryGiving UpSlaveryDenyCivil WarSuperiorityPretenseForms Of GovernmentConfederateDepriving Author:Patrick Cleburne
“The anti-slavery party contend that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery is right, and that this is a confederate Republic of sovereign States.” StatesGovernmentPartyDemocracySlaverySouthRepublicSovereignConfederateAnti Slavery Author:Laurence M. Keitt
“I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which Abraham Lincoln denounced from here over 150 years ago.” YearsBelieveStatesAmericaI BelieveYears AgoSlaveryInjusticePainfulSymbolsFlagsRemindersAbrahamConfederate Author:Howard Dean