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[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

it was. it got us the nazis. letting a single confederate officer (who wasn't a double agent or something) avoid the noose was such a huge mistake. not dispossessing everyone who claimed to own another human completely was also a mistake.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Exactly. The government should have seized the land of every plantation owner that made a living from slave labor, and distributed it to former slaves as reparations.