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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: 'U.S. forces hanged 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota. President Abraham Lincoln ordered the executions following the Dakota War of 1862, a six-week uprising of Dakota people against white settlers after the U.S. broke its promise to deliver food and supplies to local tribes in exchange for the surrender of tribal land... a white trader named Andrew Myrick reportedly said, “If they are hungry, let them eat grass.”' https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/dec/26