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Dec 26, 2019 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Remember the #Dakota38, hanged in Mankato, MN on Dec 26, 1862, under the orders of President Abraham Lincoln. It is the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
Art by Travis Blackbird
The hanging of 38 Dakota came at the culmination of the Dakota War, which started because of a treaty broken by Congress. The Dakota people were being starved to death.