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White House says slavery is being taught wrong, should not be so negative (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Robert E. Lee, the hero of the south, tortured his slaves so savagely that his own slave overseer was disgusted and refused to participate. Which leads me to believe that the scars seen in this photo should be considered "within reason."

See? Bright side to everything if you're enough of a monster.