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The Bucs joined the Tampa Bay Rays in supporting the removal of the monument.

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The controversy over monuments to slavery and other historical crimes has come to the Tampa Bay area, as a movement to remove a Confederate memorial in Hillsborough county has gained strength in recent weeks.

The monument in question doesn’t just honor some of the dead who fought for the perpetuation of slavery, but was erected to honor white supremacy, as the keynote speaker at the 1911 unveiling of the monument said.

"The South stands ready to welcome all good citizens who seek to make their homes within her borders. But the South detests and despises all, it matters not from whence they came, who, in any manner, encourages social equality with an ignorant and inferior race.