rebel flags
Insurrection's flying symbols
Rebel flags typically refers to flags associated with the Confederate States of America, especially the Confederate battle flag—a blue diagonal cross with white stars on a red field.
Defenders call it a symbol of Southern heritage; critics see it as a symbol of slavery and white supremacy.
The term sometimes extends to any flag representing rebellion or secession: Rebel flags flew at the protest.
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- state rightsPowers retained by provinces
- Civil War eraMid-nineteenth-century American conflict period
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
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