That's the opposite in America. The Confederate States (the losers) wrote the convoluted history that was taught in the USA throughout the 20th century. Purporting Robert E Lee for being a wonderful man while portraying Ulysses S Grant as a drunk. Truth is, Lee was a traitor and fought for pro slavery (not States rights, that's bullshit), he was a monster. General Grant was an American hero and our first civil rights president. He saved our union and our democracy.

And poor people seldom get their stories told -- only the rich.

Try looking at the people's long memories maintained through folk song & folklore.

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Growing up in the southeastern U.S. during the 70's and 80's I remember being taught in grade school about the Civil War multiple times. Slavery was never truly condemned, the Confederacy was portrayed as the side defending state rights, Southern generals were held up as heroes while the U.S. (the North) was vilified. It was well into my adulthood that I realized that the history I had been taught was highly skewed. And states are still trying to do this shit more than 30 years later.