slavery represents "individual rights"

http://news.yahoo.com/minn-city-councilman-defends-confederate-flag-outside-home-154818571.html

It is always fascinating to someone who studies history how the slaveholders' rebellion is described as a matter of liberty and rights. A cursory reading of the speeches and writings of the time will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the only supposed right being fought for was to own and brutalize those of another color. It's also interesting to see someone who is obviously a white supremacist accusing others of playing the "race card"...