I have an interest in the US civil war and read about it in free times at work. General Lee was such a tragic figure, outsmarting the Union several times including at the 7 days battle and 2nd Bull Run, yet still losing the war due to being crushed by Union industry. Even today the sovereign nation of the Confederate States of America is being occupied under the Union boot. Many Confederate Americans fly only the Confederate flag.
Back then, there were also field slaves. Many house slaves looked down on field slaves, and even worse, looked down on free Africans. They believed that Masta and Missus gave them civilization and religion, while field slaves had no time to absorb such "white" things, being forced to labor in the fields, never mind free Africans. The house slaves were sometimes appointed to watch over the field slaves, and though they and the field slaves shared the same skin color, the house slaves sometimes were the cruelist overseers of all, even crueler than Masta and Missus.