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Originally Posted by Nanners52674
I have an honest question and I might be stepping on a bees nest asking it. But the rebel flag in my mind (as a New Englander) is a rebel flag of the C.S.A.
It very well could be my general lack of Civil War knowledge but I've never fully understood how the Rebel Flag came to be a sign of slavery.
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What you are thinking of as the 'Confederate Flag' is actually the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Confederate States of America actually had three different national flags that were used over the course of the country's existence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_flag