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- proper noun historical the informal name for the Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that
seceded from theUnited States in 1861, and fought against theUnion in theAmerican Civil War .
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Examples
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This celebration of slavery and genocide called the Confederacy is an abomination.
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Like it or not, the Confederacy is a big part of Southern heritage.
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Like I mentioned yesterday, the Confederacy is a critical piece of history for the Southern states.
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Like I mentioned yesterday, the Confederacy is a critical piece of history for the Southern states.
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Yes, the gov says that the Confederacy is an mportant part of history, that it should be studied .... perhaps someone had to give him a refresher course in history to remind him of the fact that the Confederacy was based on the preservation of slavery.
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Virginia honoring the Confederacy is like Germany honoring the Nazis!
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month 2010
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I'm all for Celebrating "Civil War History", but celebrating the Confederacy is wrong.
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month 2010
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If Haley Barbour thinks that forgetting the part slavery played in the Confederacy is "a nit" or "not significant", then he's reverting to the kind of thinking that used to characterize the most repugnant aspects of his state.
Gov: Concern over slavery omission 'doesn't amount to diddly' 2010
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What bothers me most in the story about the Virginia textbook that cites the service of black troops for the Confederacy is not the conclusion but how it was reached.
Textbook error: Virginia's Confederate troops and the perils of online research Alexandra Petri 2010
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The Confederacy is a legitimate part of our national history.
Rich Iott -- a Nazi bit of reenacting work Alexandra Petri 2010
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