C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a 2004 mockumentary directed by Kevin Willmott. It is a fictional "tongue-in-cheek" account of an alternate history, in which the Confederates won the American Civil War, establishing the new Confederate States of America (that incorporates the former United States as well). The film primarily details significant political and cultural events of C.S.A. history from its founding until the 2000s. This viewpoint is used to satirize real-life issues and events, and to shed light on the continuing existence of discrimination in American culture. C.S.A was released on DVD on August 8, 2006.

Willmott, who had earlier written a screenplay about abolitionist John Brown, told interviewers he was inspired to write the story after seeing an episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War.[1] It was produced through his Hodcarrier Films.

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[Rundstedt1]

Fleming is a lying racist who goes around posting the 88 code and white power statements on his friends page. when confronted about his racism he has to make up false indictments about a black women taking to black kid who wanted to join a known white supremacist organization and so called him a token in the most vulgar manner possible to make a point, but she was not being racist or using the word that thomas used against her first as a slur.

[thomas fleming]

I just sent a post to you showing the hypocrisy of that person. If you would like to hear some truth on the Confederacy, please contact me. Thankyou

[Rundstedt4]

(5/5)

In fact, there was a pretty direct correlation between the percentage of slaves and slaveholders in a given district and its support for secession." James McPherson

And I suggest: "The Roots of Secession, Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia" By William A. Link

[Rundstedt4]

(4/5)

"The vote in favor of secession at the Virginia convention on April 17, 1861, was 88 to 55.

Most of the anti-secession votes came from the Shenandoah Valley and from the mountainous counties of western Virginia (which eventually became West Virginia), where slavery was of less importance than in the Piedmont and Tidewater regions that voted strongly for secession, and where slavery was a crucial part of the socioeconomic order.

[Rundstedt4]

(3/5)

The weakness of slavery, the Pro Union forces and a pro Union governor kept Md in the Union, like in the western part of Virginia that will itself break away from its state. Which by the way, the South proving that they too didn't believe in a right to secede fought hard to retain it, (and also called itself a "permanent Union" in its constitution) just as they did Eastern Tenn. where also slavery was weak and that also didn't want to secede.

[Rundstedt4]

(2/5)

But slavery was rather weak in Maryland only about 12% of families there owned slaves as opposed the 26% overall that Virginia had. And if we separate the western part of Virginia that became WV that would be even higher family ownership probably closer to the 46% of families South Carolina that owned slaves.

[Rundstedt4]

(1/5)

It didn't matter that Md stayed in the Union, several Southern border states did, mostly through force. Md was necessary for the communication line to Washington and troops were used to quell secessionist sabotage and activities. There were secessionist riots and troops were killed moving through Baltimore and Lincoln had to declare Martial law.

[alexamada]

that's fucking awful!

also, Md. fought for the north. i know they were technically a southern state, but when it came down to it, who did they side with?