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n. - An alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.

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  • Lincoln refused to recognize the confederacy as an independent nation, and he insisted on the restoration of the Union without slavery.
  • That flag and the confederacy is a sign of racism and pro-slavery.
  • To black people (myself being one) – the confederacy is akin to nazi germany.
  • Any attempt to seperate slavery and confederacy is folly.
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