• TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      The confederates were so stupid. They should have just rebranded slavery to something like “migrant workers” and been done with it.

      • hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net
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        6 months ago

        Or make slavery “illegal except as punishment for a crime” and then create a bunch of laws that specifically targeted former slaves. Given the politics of Andrew Johnson, all they really had to do was assassinate Lincoln…