I guess it had nothing to do with actually lynching them after they were freed, did it....
The lynchings you speak of may influence them still but we're suppose to be talking about Good Christians here, so where does the forgiveness and healing begin? When they get enough free stuff?
Or should I have to pay reparations to a group of people who I can personally point to my bloodline and prove that my blood relatives actually shed their's (from Kentucky no less) for the union side, and ultimately, according to Lincoln, for them.
No.... the 40 acres and a mule promise by the Carpet baggers......that was the first begins that I can think of off-hand where people were attempting to find a way to influence them by buying them off.