you have no idea about the amount of pro Confederate brainwashing I was subjected to as a child, from basically every adult I knew (including teachers)

"Not only did EVERYONE have slaves but a lot of slaveowners were kind and generous. Oh and there were white slaves too so it wasn't racist. Oh and the slaveowners would give their slaves presents on Christmas. You see they weren't really oppressed just because they got whipped or whatever, the slaves were like a big family. They even sang songs together. Oh and they became Christians so that's good, right? So they were slaves for a little but they got to go to Heaven, see? :)"