History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0174 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Dakota War
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The idea
In the Dakota War of eighteen sixty-two, more than one thousand settlers were killed or captured, and three hundred three Sioux were sentenced to death.
In practice
Lincoln reducing the executions to thirty-eight.
Where people slip
The reduction is often told as mercy. Thirty-eight hangings remain the largest mass execution the United States has ever carried out.
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