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 | | Of course the Civil War changed the original American slave based economic system at great cost to all Americans. |
 | | The first grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan was Nathan Bedford Forest, commanding General of the Confederacy during the Fort Pillow massacre, where he ordered the extermination of 300 fl men, women and children after they had surrendered. |
 | | Before the Civil War he had been one of the largest slave dealers in the south. |
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