On this day, 26 December 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged during the US-Dakota War of 1862. Some of the trials of the Native Americans lasted less than 5 minutes, and President Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty.
This book is a heartbreaking account of the genocide of the original inhabitants of the United States: https://libcom.org/library/bury-my-heart-wounded-knee-indian-history-american-west-dee-brown https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1304657869719360/?type=3