5 Things You Need To Know About HBO's Confederate

As the title and basis of the show indicates, Confederate is set in an alternate history where the Confederacy defeated the Union and achieved its independence. Beyond the civil war, the CSA has continued to exist into the modern day, keeping its slave run economy and society.

Slave owning conglomerates and slave hunters, as well as their opposition from abolitionists make the CSA a nation with deep cracks in its foundations. Its economic state likely relies on slavery in the modern day, much as it did in the real world. Its cultural racism and disdain for African Americans and its northern neighbor will likely play a significant role in the society of the country.

The Confederacy is a controversial and divisive topic in the US and Confederate must respect that. HBO has the responsibility of creating this world, and it has promised a vivid depiction of what its writers and creators wish to create. The CSA's government, culture, history, and society will all have to be explored, and this is something HBO has done excellently in the past with its depictions of 1920s America in Boardwalk Empire, Westeros in Game of Thrones, and the anarchic Westworld. This should give those who are skeptical of Confederate's premise some relief and hope.