I would like to do more in depth research before concluding that the all the Confederacy was about, was slavery and racism. My gut is telling me it is a bit more complicated and nuanced than that. But, I could be wrong.
Btw, there is a Confederate monument in NJ. It marks the place where a lot of Confederate Pows died and were buried. They died of diseases and such, probably because the North didn’t take all that good care of them. It is monument the the men that died and there and I guess acts as their grave marker. Their identities are unknown. I don’t think it was put there show black people that the whites were still in control. Does it need to be removed?
What about confederate flags and stuff at cemeteries where confederate soldiers are buried?
What about all the markers at Gettysburg that mark were all the various soldiers of both sides were? Do the Confederate ones need to come down?
That all should be left alone. Most of the statues and monuments people are upset about went up well into the 20th century, when a romantic idealized version of the old South was being promoted. You even had schools named after Confederate “heroes”. The South Shall Rise Again is a slogan I’ve seen on bumper stickers in the past.
Something like this probably should be left alone, as it was a memorial marker in a cemetery.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollywood-forever-monument-20170815-story.html