History Fridge / CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica

* The notion of Union soldiers running away without fighting seems far fetched and more so Grant surrendering at the White House so quickly and not being loyal to Lincoln... However, Grant [[BeamMeUpScotty is said to have admitted]], "If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side."[[note]]Though the quote was in fact manufactured by the Democrats to discredit his presidential run in 1868.[[/note]] The surrender at the White House doesn't even show an attempt of a doomed pathetic last stand but simply shows Grant openly welcoming the Confederate forces and signing a document. In other words, it's very likely Grant betrayed Lincoln intentionally and the "cowardly" Union forces fleeing without fighting was an intentional retreat! In this alternate reality it's probable through the diplomacy that convinced France and Britain to intervene while bypassing the issue of slavery through loopholes also likely convinced Grant that the war was no longer about saving the Union!

* How did Abraham Lincoln survive to the age of 96 to do a film interview, complete with sound, in 1905, more than twenty years before such technology was invented? Well, he is in exile in Montreal, and the film indicates that, due to the serious brain drain from the CSA, Canada is rapidly advancing past the CSA technologically. So perhaps by that time, Canada has become advanced enough to develop medical science to keep a man alive well into his nineties. Also, the film interview is actually a case of GeniusBonus and ShownTheirWork, as attempts at sound film have existed as early as the late 19th century, but these early attempts were stilted and awkward with the sound heavily out of sync. [[StylisticSuck The same is true with the clip shown, where the lip syncing is heavily flawed]].

** Even some state governments might themselves secede from the Confederacy.

* Confederate America's twin ideologies of "every white person should own slaves" and "every black person should be enslaved" came from Jefferson Davis' slave. Also, the African slave trade was brought back with the help of African leaders. This can be seen as a subtle swipe at the nonsense of white supremacy, since white people need the cooperation of some black to achieve it.
* Suicide is described as sinful in the Bible. It is [[IronicDeath very fitting]] that [[spoiler: Fauntroy V]], a man who has [[HidingBehindReligion misused Scripture to promoted his twisted worldview]], uses his last act on the Earth to indulge in one last act of hypocrisy.

* Historically, there were (and still are to a minor degree) severe abuses of black and mixed-race people in medicine, like the Tuskegee experiments. If the Confederates were willing to dope their slaves into submission, what [[PlayingWithSyringes other kinds of medical abuses happened to people with no rights to protect them]], especially in a society that fully embraces racist pseudoscience? The implications get worse when the [=CSA=]'s friendly alliance with Nazi Germany, a nation infamous for inhumane medical experimentation.

* In RealLife America, forced labor is allowed if used as punishment, hence the existence of convict labor. Considering that slavery, in all forms, is legal in the [=CSA=], how often is prison labor used as punishment? Considering the [=CSA=] is so draconian, public executions are televised events, it is possible that prisons in the Confederacy are awful and draconian places, even for white convicts. Even if you are a white man, you could still end up in some kind of indentured servitude.
* The life of a [=CSA=] slave is, to put it mildly, really bad. If they try and run away, they are given a pill that "cures" them of their "drapetomania". A pill that carries horrific side effects. Even when the cameras are rolling for outsiders, slaves are still subjected to physical abuse. The slave who gave the camera man a note was (lightly) slapped, but imagine what he goes through behind closed doors.

* Suicide is described as sinful in the Bible. It is [[IronicDeath very fitting]] that [[spoiler: Fauntroy V]], a man who has [[HidingBehindReligion misused Scripture to promoted his twisted worldview]], uses his last act on the Earth to indulge in one last sin.

* The Confederates are so insecure toward Canada, they have to build a massive border wall to (ostensibly) keep their slaves out, and considering the (implied) corruption and poverty of the [=CSA=], it is obvious the wall is designed to keep their own white citizens from fleeing. This mirrors the insecurity many RealLife communist states felt about their communist counterparts.
** East Germany, while well off compared to other communist states, was still much poorer than West Germany. The Berlin Wall was built because East Germany was running out of people.

* John Ambrose Fauntroy probably was lying [[spoiler: about not having black ancestry]]. But there is another heartbreaking possibility: [[spoiler: he genuinely didn't ''know'' was descended from a black slave]]. What if the reason [[spoiler: he shot himself was not the end of his political career, but that he internalized his family's racism so much, [[DespairEventHorizon he felt he didn't deserve to live]] ]]? Fauntroy was a racist asshole [[spoiler: but that's got to be a really horrible way to go: killing himself because he was brainwashed into believing he was inferior]].

** The Confederate ideology is that non-white races are inferior, that black people should only exist to be used as chattel, that other "lesser" beings must be subjugated, and that "non-Christian" culture is obscene and should be banned.

* John Ambrose Fauntroy [[spoiler: killed himself with a gun]] even ''before'' his test results came in. This implies one of two things: the racial classification system is at best incompetent since an "innocent" person can have their life destroyed by a simple accusation, or the system is downright corrupt, with assholes who can game the system and proclaim themselves "white", and framing others as "impure." How many people have had their lives destroyed, whether they had "impure" blood or not?