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MOST Americans favor leaving in place statues of Civil War figures associated with the defense of slavery, according to a survey yesterday, offering a measure of support for US President Donald Trump’s stance on the issue.
Days after a violent rally by right-wing groups to protest removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found 62 percent felt the statues should remain as historical symbols.
“Just 27 percent said they should go,” said NPR. And, in a striking breakdown, 44 percent of African Americans agreed the statues should stay, against 40 percent who said they should be removed.
Located mostly in the southeastern United States, there are some 1,500 symbols of the pro-slavery Confederacy which fought and lost a war to secede from 1861-65. An estimated 750,000 people were killed.
The monuments, as well as the names of many roads, schools and public buildings, mostly celebrate Lee, leader of the Confederate forces; Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy; and General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, one of Lee’s top commanders.
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