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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"the union won the war, the confederacy won the peace" is how my college prof put it

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

100%. Reading about how reconstruction was mercilessly crushed is heartbreaking and infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago