Ever hear of "40 acres and a mule"? That is what was PROMISED to freed slaves and a special FIELD ORDER was written and actual distribution of the land had begun. No mules. Then guess what? Good old Andy Johnson overturned that order and returned the land to the former slave owners. Initially it was 400,000 acres which allegedly would be worth $640 BILLION today.
Further slave owners were paid $300 for each freed slave to "compensate them for lost PROPERTY." Lincoln signed a bill in 1862 covering that and I expect they in fact did get their money. The freed slaves got diddly. The more things change the more they stay the same. And so it goes.
As was true with the treatment of Native Americans...PROMISE MADE PROMISE BROKEN. You see consistency is essential to american "democracy".
Once again treasonous traitors were treated as "victims" that DESERVED compensation. The nature of the beast cannot be changed. Anyone who thinks it can is NUTS.
