confederate

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The first march I ever attended was a protest in January 2000, to bring down the confederate flag from the top of the South Carolina State House.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022

We celebrate the notice of emancipation finally reaching Texas to end slavery in the last confederate state in 1865.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2022

The bombastic Mayor Shinn of Jefferson Mays and overdecorated Mrs. Shinn of Jayne Houdyshell are turned into veritable sight gags; Shuler Hensley’s Marcellus, Hill’s confederate, is made to appear a witless errand boy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Roth, who had mentored the progress of Lelchuk’s “American Mischief” toward its ultimate success, had once again happened on a compliant confederate.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021

Divide into groups and read Eli Landers letters from different years comparing changes in attitude for a confederate soldier over time from the beginning of the war to the end of the war.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin