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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"On March 10, 1865, Confederate soldiers hanged Amy Spain, a young Black woman, from a sycamore tree on the courthouse lawn in Darlington, South Carolina. Accused of “treason and conduct unbecoming a slave,” Amy was sentenced to death by a military tribunal...
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union, ending the Civil War."