Yes, one of the reasons they seceded from america was because they viewed the African-american liberation as a gross undermining of states rights being overridden
According to communist writers and thinkers, the goal of communism is to create a stateless, classless society. Communist thinkers believe this can happen if the people take away the power of the bourgeoisie (the ruling class, who own the means of production) and establish worker control of the means of production.