Confederate statues in prominent places in towns and cities should be moved to museums and the declaration of the confederacy posted with an explanation of the times.
Statues at battlefield sights should be left alone, that is a museum to me.
Confederate statues in the capital building in DC make no sense to me, the confederacy wanted to break apart the union.
Leaders in history who owned slaves, but also fought to free slaves or had significant contribution to our country should probably be left up in most cases, assuming there is no significant record of them being particularly abusive or violent towards slaves. Although, I do acknowledge keeping someone as a slave is abusive and violent on its own even without any physical bruises. I think it’s really tricky. We have to listen to the feelings of those who were harmed.
I try to put myself in the place of the other person. If my people were enslaved, abused, and killed how would I feel? Hitler or one of his known right hand men who killed many people. I would not want any statues representing those people in any place of prominence. I do think we need some to remain In museums as a reminder that the statues existed. It’s not just remembering the actual person existed, it’s also that money and hours were spent to honor these people, and the South continued to honor these men. It’s a lesson in how history can be twisted and how hard it can be for people to accept that a bad thing happened in a place that they want to feel proud of. Southerners still today are taught the civil war had nothing to do with slavery, and many of them believe it.
In Florida they are talking about changing the county name where Ft. Lauderdale is, which is Broward County. Broward’s statue (The County is named after him) was removed a few years ago, but the county has not been renamed so far. I think he owned slaves, but I don’t think he was part of the confederacy. I think his tenure was way after the civil war. I don’t know the full history.