[DiogenesLamp]

Sure. And it was just coincidence they served to illustrate the relative status of blacks in the south during Jim Crow.

And how did these statues and monuments do that? Also, how was the status of blacks in the North at this same time?

You see, this is a topic I study from time to time, and I don't think you will like what you discover if you take the time to look at it objectively.

[semimojo]

And how did these statues and monuments do that? Also, how was the status of blacks in the North at this same time?

By illustrating that the people in power, those controlling the resources and narrative, were whites nostalgic for the Confederacy.

Do you think those monuments would have been erected if blacks had significant power?

Whatabouting the North is irrelevant to the discussion.