Removal of Confederate Monuments

[Darrell]

I just have one question: Why do we continually place the onus of slavery on just Americans, and specifically on those in southern regions of the U.S?

That's a good question. Perhaps the answer is similar to what the late Sam Francis said about the Confederate flag issue:
“The attacks on the Confederate flag and similar Confederate symbols are not aimed at the Confederacy or even at slavery and its legacy but at America itself and even more broadly at the white race." - Sam Francis - July 2, 2001