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Non Confederate Flag Research Paper

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Today they say that the confederate flag stands for heritage and pride while the non-confederates say it stands for slavery. These people only think that it stands for slavery because of the twisted history of the flag. Researchers say that the flag isn't a sign of slavery but they have their own opinions and beliefs. They also say that it is just a symbol of the southern states history.If this really is just a symbol of history they messed up because they are the ones that made the world belief that they dont like blacks and they want them to work for free but today we don’t need them to do that because we have machines that do it for us. People say it is also a sign of southern culture if it is what is so important about southern culture

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