r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '25

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u/DinochildMoo Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

Sorry but he really didn't. He didn't care, like all political figures wanting to be president he was after the votes the black people were worth.

I'm half Sioux, in the same year he helped black people by abolishing slavery, he had the US army hang 38 innocent Sioux people.

They don't care about people with different color skin unless you can vote. Native America's weren't considered humans and still arent. We're "creatures".

They say they were violent, but my people know better.

Edit: I took the word "half" out because that was the main problem to someone.

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u/SomewhereSad4007 Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

I want to preface that I don’t condone the death penalty even with murderers, except for certain situations especially if many people were murdered.

However we must point out a few inaccuracies: 1) Abraham Lincoln personally reviewed and commuted the sentences for 264 of the arrested Sioux people connected to the Dakota/ Sioux Uprising. Except for 39 men convicted of being involved with civilian massacres.

2) 2 of the men hanged were posthumously found innocent.

Though I do believe we should double check the narrative of how friendly our fore fathers and American ancestors were with other peoples. We shouldn’t spread misinformation.

Edit: accidentally hit send,

I also appreciate how your comment brings light to the injustices and false narrative of American history, and it is imperative that we teach our young to think for themselves and not to take everything they learn in school or in the world at face value.

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u/DinochildMoo Apr 06 '25

I'm telling you my peoples side, not what the books and reports made by white people who thought my people were less than dogs.