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What is a Confederate?

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A confederate, if you are referring to 1860's America, was typically a southerner who felt their rights were being violated by an oppressive industrial north and decided to fight back. They were part of a short lived country called the Confederate States of America and they fought the Union in an attempt to gain their freedom to a better representing government.

A confederation, an association of sovereign states or communities.

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United in a league; Allied by treaty; Engaged in a confederacy; Banded together; Allied

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