It was a bit of a premature celebration. But it’s hard to fault their optimism at the time. Several hundred-thousand slavers and slaver-supporters had just been shot, and the rest disenfranchised, and that’s a pretty good clip! Shame about everything that came after.
Slavery wasn’t killed, it was just put behind bars.
It was a bit of a premature celebration. But it’s hard to fault their optimism at the time. Several hundred-thousand slavers and slaver-supporters had just been shot, and the rest disenfranchised, and that’s a pretty good clip! Shame about everything that came after.
And the traitors weren’t buried either. They got pardoned