Locating Slavery's Legacies @ Sewanee: The University of the South

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United Confederate Veterans/Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Indicates an organization affiliated with or a person who belonged to a chapter of the United Confederate Veterans or its successor organization, the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A regional organization of Confederate veterans founded in 1889, the UCV promoted memorials and events expressing “Lost Cause” beliefs in white racial supremacy, the righteousness of secession, Confederate military valor, and irrelevance of slavery to the southern cause.