HistoryPorn @lemmy.world PugJesus @lemmy.world 2mo ago

The conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln being prepared for execution, Washington DC, USA, 1865

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Man they sure dont treat conspirators like they used to. Especially ones who destabilize government.
- Not the death penalty's biggest fan, but I'll admit to a little bit of nostalgia on that particular point.
  
  It gets tricky there doesn't it?
  
  I am against the death penalty.
  
  This person commited treason against a just government.
  
  I agree with your reply, it still leaves me conflicted though.
We should have done that to the Jan 6th conspirators.
- 100% They are traitors.
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I stared at this photo for far too long.
What's up with the umbrella?
- It was a style for women at the time to carry an umbrella for shade.
  
  Sure, but is it a woman waiting to be executed, that wanted to keep up appearances?
Where can one piss on their graves?
Other than Jefferson Davis, who was let off scott-free.

And that's before we get into Johnson's "I'm the new Confederate President" behavior immediately after the assassination.
According to the film Mary's crime was that the conspirators used her boarding home to meet and create the plan without her knowledge. They hanged her as a conspirator with the others. Don't know how accurate the film was, but seems like she was hung just to help satisfy the nations need of a scape goat
- Which film? The DDL Lincoln?
Why are there four soldiers on the bottom each holding a 2x6?
- They're going to pull them out, which are holding up the trapdoor
  
  That link PugJesus included in a comment says the soldier on the left admitted he had just thrown up from heat and tension.

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