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In several U.S. states and communities, debates are flaring over what to do about Confederate monuments and statues in public areas. 美国多个州和社区就应该如何处理公共区域的南方联邦纪念像展开讨论，目前讨论日趋激烈。

Last weekend's protest and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, 上周末，弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔市爆发抗议和暴力事件，

followed a city council decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a public park. 因为此前该市议会决定拆除位于公园内的南方联邦将军罗伯特·李的雕像。

The history behind these controversies goes back to the U.S. Civil War, 这些争议事件背后的历史问题要追溯至美国内战时期，

which raged between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. 美国内战从1861年持续至1865年，参战双方为北方美利坚合众国和南方的美利坚联盟国。

A number of complex issues led to it. 多个复杂问题导致内战爆发。

The authority of the federal government, economic differences, states rights, all factored in. 联邦政府的权力、经济差异、州权利等都是导火索。

Slavery was a major issue. 奴隶制是主要问题。

Confederate states where slavery was legal also wanted it to be legal in future states, as the U.S. population grew and moved west. 在南部联邦，奴隶制是合法的，而且他们希望随着美国人口不断增长并向南部迁移，以后奴隶制依然处于合法状态。

A few Union states also allowed slavery at the start of the war, 在战争开始阶段，一些北方联邦也允许奴隶制的存在，

but the Union did not want it to be allowed in the Western territories. 但是他们不希望西部领土存在奴隶制。

And in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery altogether in Southern states. 1963年，亚伯拉罕·林肯总统废除了南部联邦的奴隶制。

Of course, the Union ultimately won the war. Slavery was abolished nationwide after the conflict ended. 当然，北方联邦最终赢得了内战。冲突结束以后，美国彻底废除奴隶制。

And today, many Americans who want Confederate statues removed from U.S. parks and landmarks 现在，许多美国人希望拆除位于美国各公园和地标处的南部联邦纪念像，

see these statues as symbols of slavery and racism, 因为他们认为这些雕像是奴隶制和种族主义的象征，

while many who support keeping the statues, including U.S. President Donald Trump, 而希望保留这些雕像的人包括美国总统唐纳德·特朗普，

see them as symbols of American history and heritage. 他们认为这些雕像是美国历史和遗产的象征。

There are estimated to be around 1,500 Confederate symbols on U.S. public land today. 据估计，目前美国公共区域有约1500座南部联邦雕像。

They can be found in 31 states across the country. 这些雕像遍布全美31个州。

Schools, parks and other public works are named for Confederate generals. 还有以南部联邦将军命名的学校、公园和其他公共工程。

Most of the statues and symbols exist in the Southern U.S., 大部分雕像和象征位于美国南部地区，

though they can be found as far north as Massachusetts and as far west as California. 不过北至马萨诸塞州和西至加利福尼亚州也能看到这类雕像。