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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2020

    Owning the libs, 1857 version. As abolitionism was rising, some Southerns started arguing for reopening the African slave trade as "a sort of spite to the North and defiance of their opinions."pic.twitter.com/86LjkRDNDC

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      2. Darinstrauss‏Verified account @Darinstrauss 7 Jun 2020
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        pwn the abolitionists

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      3. Share‏ @sherebee 7 Jun 2020
        Replying to @Darinstrauss @HeerJeet

        if it weren't for abolitionists, where would i be.

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      1. Kathleen Parr‏ @kathleenhussein 7 Jun 2020
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        Liberal tears.

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2020

        Jesus christ dude.

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      1. Cathal‏ @Cathal72887956 7 Jun 2020
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        @radleybalko quotes I think Erlichman offering a similar rationale for some judicial appointments during the Nixon administration, “stick it to the Left”

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      1. Nigel Beale‏ @nigelbeale 7 Jun 2020
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        Speaking of subjugation, 1857 also happens to be the year of the major though unsuccessful Indian Rebellion ('Mutiny') against the rule of the British East India Company,

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      1. Baby can you dig your man? 躺平主义‏ @misosusanowa 7 Jun 2020
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        They also wanted to extend slavery into Mexico, which was one of the last straws that pushed Lincoln into declaring war.

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      2. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 7 Jun 2020
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        Where is this from?

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Jun 2020
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        Battle Cry of Freedom.

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