“I think it’s important to note that my family didn’t fight because we had slaves,”

“My family fought because the federal government was trying to tell us how to live. We didn’t need them to tell us how to live way back then, and we don’t need them to tell us how to live today.”

"I embrace my family, warts and all."

"I’m proud to be from South Carolina," she said. "I’m proud of the Confederacy."

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2018/02/23/catherine-templeton-ancestor-slave-owner/356395002/