Because they didn’t “lead the charge for slavery”. Leftist PC Revisionists who want to rewrite Southern history need to get over it.
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If you were the slave, would it matter it matter to you who lead the charge? If you were the Jew in Auschwitz, would you want to see a statue to a German WWII general just because he did not invent the Nazi party?
Do we also have to condemn Benjamin Franklin? He was perfectly happy to run ads from slaveowners for slave auctions and seeking to recapture escaped slaves in his newspapers.
How about George Washington? He owned literally hundreds of slaves.
Ditto Thomas Jefferson.
Ditto James Madison.
Ditto Patrick Henry
Ditto George Mason
Ditto John Hancock
Ditto Alexander Hamilton
Should we not honor any of those listed above? They were all slave owners.