I have pictures to back up my facts and eyewitness accounts as to what I said.. We in the South, eye witnessed many things that happened that were covered up by the liberal media. The liberal media would not show much of what went on-- on many of these civil rights marches across the south because it would have upset their agenda. Why do you think the wiretaps and bugged recordings by Robert Kennedy of Martin Luther King have been classified or destroyed so the general public can not hear these recordings? I agree with you that the North is FULL of hypocritical white liberals. They want to cover up the historical facts about the North's complicity in slavery. The fact that a slave cost, sometimes a $1000 or more is well documented. I will admit there were slave owners who flogged their slaves, there are people everywhere who misuse things that they own. However, those that did, were hurting themselves, spiritually and financially because a beaten slave's value was greatly diminished. I am a Confederate descendant and I will tell you, I believe slavery was one of the greatest mistakes ever made by the North, which made huge sums importing slaves and the South that bought them. I admit much of the South's economy was based on slavery. However, most Southerners did not own slaves and fought the war between the states as much for states rights as anything. The original thirteen colonies believed in a loose coalition of colonies and believed each colony had to right secede. Many southerners were very independent by nature and were indignant at the thought of someone invading their territory with an army.