Pretty ironic that Lincoln cared so much about slaves but was cutting checks for millions of dollars for dead Indians.
Can someone please explain how someone so concerned with equality of blacks can support killing Indians?
Abolishment of slavery was a political tool.
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The Santee Sioux bloodbath in Minnesota of 1863 killed an estimated 800 White settlers, mostly women and children, over just three weeks. More than the total of the Colorado, Sand Creek, Washita, Milk River and Wounded Knee bloodlettings combined.
Lincoln’s handling of that uprising and its aftermath was amazing for its benevolence, sparing most (80??) of those Santee participants sentenced to be hung.
