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The Corner Stone of the Confederacy
In 18 60, your state of texas had 182 thousand 566 slaves. The philosophical and legal ion for slavery was that blacks were inferior to white people. So the confederacy, during the civil war, an entirely different country from the united states, as far as texans certainly were concerned, killed 360 thousand american troops. And i will note that during the january sixth coup attempt, the confederate flag was proudly carried throughout the capital. This our new government is the first in the history of the world based upon this great philosophical and moral truth. Good day. Good day for whipping.
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