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The truth behind most of the Confederate monuments being torn down tells an even larger story than you'd realize —

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4:15 PM · Aug 19, 2017

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Nearly 20 Confederate monuments have been removed from public land since Charlottesville bit.ly/2vlvi8p

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From California to Ohio, monuments that critics say celebrate slavery have been pulled down & quietly removed in the dark of night

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have you seen this? I feel you'd appreciate this true history.

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stephanie mccurry's book "masters of small worlds" is excellent btw.

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How curious and interesting. Thank you for this!

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So those gangs of history-haters,destroy monuments,rewriting history. Not doing something they promote,but for the HATE. Sounds familiar?

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Sounds like you missed the point.

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Bang on! But propaganda has been SO effective, most Americans gloss over horror of slavery, + agree with Trump on leaving statues alone.

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I want to share this on other social media as a gif or video but Twitter usually doesn't allow, any other media I can get a hold of?

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