[M. Espinola]

"That a master has a scriptural right to govern his slaves so as to keep it in subjection"

In retrospect, since the neo-confederates love to justify slavery & segregation by way of distorting Biblical quotations, thus in April of 1865, immediately following the surrender of the South, the worst of the pro-slavers should have tasted the very slavery they dished out for at least one year, and then maybe Reconstruction could have been more meaningful.

[lentulusgracchus]

None of that "with charity for all, and malice toward none" stuff for you, eh?

I think you'd have been quite happy looting the flatware out of someone's house, to keep it from being used to support the Confederacy -- right? I can see you now, marching happily along with your little bag of salt, sprinkling it around to kill the soil, because it belonged to some damn Southerner. Ah, happy days -- just one big holiday outing, with "Cump" Sherman!

[Gianni]

should have tasted the very slavery they dished out for at least one year, and then maybe Reconstruction could have been more meaningful.

Reconstruction had nothing to do with slavery. Good to see you're still trying, though.