The Red Rebellion occurred from 1915-1916 in the early years of the Great War. It had been predicted nearly forty years before by Abraham Lincoln, one of the founders of the Socialist Party of the United States, who was asked "How would a Socialist revolution come about in the Confederacy?" and responded "It would come from the Blacks!". Indeed, many blacks were influenced by Lincoln's own writings as well as those of Karl Marx, and revolted against the oppressive government of the Confederate States and attempted to form socialist republics.