** “The Slaveholders’ Rebellion” ** As Mr. Trump and his allies try to whitewash the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, we should return to an older and far more accurate name for the Civil War. We should once again call it the Slaveholders’ Rebellion.
Rebranding rebellion is nothing new. It wasn't always called the Civil War. At the time, it was primarily called an “insurrection” or a “rebellion.” Its current name is a result of decades of lobbying by Southern Heritage groups to rejuvenate the South’s image, ignoring its treason and slaveholding.