minus-square@TwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•6 months agoThe confederates were so stupid. They should have just rebranded slavery to something like “migrant workers” and been done with it.
minus-square@hex_m_hell@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink20•6 months agoOr 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…
The confederates were so stupid. They should have just rebranded slavery to something like “migrant workers” and been done with it.
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…