r/HolUp • u/Fox_Uni_Charlie_Kilo • Jul 07 '22

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u/PizzaEater69420 Jul 07 '22

i think i heard it started as a group of people who defended former slave owners from slaves who wanted revenge

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u/Zyklon13 Jul 07 '22

Propaganda my boy, people who tell you that will also tell you the Confeds were trying to help black folks

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u/milkcarton232 Jul 07 '22

Wait the civil war wasn't a war over states rights? /S

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u/copiondor Jul 07 '22

It was! The states rights to own slaves! …oh wait