But it's more than the fact that they led a rebellion.  That rebellion was based on the concept that one portion of humanity is inferior to others, based on the color of their skin.  And the statutes were put up to honor that concept.  They were erected in places where the popular opinion of those in power was that "Blacks had to be put in their place" and kept there.  I just can't comprehend how anyone who claims to be a person of good will, let alone a Christian, could be in favor of retaining these statues to honor the proposition that white people are superior to blacks.