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History Books need revision.


I was quite shocked when I learned what American history as we were taught in American schools isn't accurate about many of our Forefathers and their hate and ignorance regarding the true natives of this country. Abraham Lincoln had a goal: The annialation of Indians he instructed his armies to kill and destroy them. This mass genocide killed more people than any other. Hitler got his ideas from the deliberate destruction of these people. We stole their land, then tried to sell land that was impossible to grow food, it back to them. Those who didn't confirm to Christianity and speak English were murdered. Our government intentionally killed buffalo to almost extinction to eradicate the original natives' primary source for
nutrition, clothes and shelter, and many of their needs to survive. Lincoln did wonderful things to end slavery and should be remembered for that even though he had "Free" slaves working in his home. However, let's not deny that "Honest Abe" was also a murderer

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You seem to "sing this song" a lot. You could say this about any President that dealt with war. Plenty of tribes that could be described the same way, before white men arrived.

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