sure, and prior to the war the majority of all whites supported it or at least did nothing to stop it
and rich whites in both North and South orchestrated and profited from it
there is no escaping that the entire US is exporting colonialism, white supremacy, & fascism across the world - and has been since it's founding. it's not a country or idea created by the US South
this is the animus i speak of, clearly it exists to absolve some of things that nobody can be absolved from