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Confederate States of America (1861–1865)

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Confederate States of America
1861–1865/66
Flag of Confederate States of America
Flag
Coat of arms of Confederate States of America
Coat of arms
Motto: Deo vindice
Location of Confederate States of America
CapitalRichmond
Capital-in-exileDanville
Largest cityNew Orleans
Dominant mode of productionSlavery
GovernmentOligarchical reactionary slave state
History
• 1860 United States presidential election
1860
• Secession crisis
1860
• Formation of the CSA
1861
1861
1861
1865
• Final surrender
1865
• Legal abolition
1866
Preceded by
Succeeded by
United States of America
United States of America


The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy, was a reactionary slave state rooted in white supremacy and settler colonialism. It existed during the Statesian Civil War, and its defeat acted as bourgeois revolution as it resulted in the destruction of slavery in the Southern United States.[1]

Class structure[edit | edit source]

76% of settlers in the Confederacy owned no slaves, 17% owned 1–9 slaves, and 6.5% owned more than ten slaves. Less than 1% of settlers owned more than 100 slaves. Of the settlers who did not own slaves, 10% owned no land and most owned less than 100 acres.[2]

Marxist analysis[edit | edit source]

Karl Marx[edit | edit source]

In Karl Marx's work, the United States' war against the Confederacy was important for the destruction of chattel slavery and good for the proletarian movement. Marx also viewed the Confederacy as the aggressor in the Statesian Civil War, stating that "the South broke the peace", going against the traditional narrative of the so-called "War of Northern Aggression". Marx viewed the Confederacy as an oligarchy that wasn't representative of the majority of the population.[3]

Friedrich Engels[edit | edit source]

Friedrich Engels wrote a lot on the military strategies used by both the Confederacy and US during the American Civil War. He also sided against the Confederate causes, supporting Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the abolition of slavery. Engels also fought against British support for the Confederates. He also supported the Republican Party against the CSA.[3]

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