Stevens merely wanted to give the land to the slaves who had worked it for many years without freedom or just compensation. I call that justice, not Communism.
If we are to look for a Russian parallel, I suppose the early land reform in the wake of the popular February Revolution might be a better choice.
On the other hand, the Confederate slave system bears more resemblance to the monstrous results of Stalin's collectivization where agricultural workers were cruelly disciplined for the benefit of a nonproductive master class.
I really am beginning to suspect that you have socialist leanings.....
Slavery was LEGAL!
Just because someone didn’t agree with it, like Stevens, that did not give them the right to destroy the social fabric of the South.
It’s a good thing we don’t live in France during the Revolution. You would probably have MY head on a pike!