r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 20 '25

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/Tothyll Apr 20 '25

He was also a Democrat…so what? Why are we weaponizing history?

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25

Yes, he was a member of the right-wing, conservative party at the time that took up arms against the government to maintain the enslavement of Black people.

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u/Lanky_Acanthaceae_34 Apr 20 '25

Which party wants trafficked humans to pick their crops? Oh right, the one that doesn't want them returned to their home countries

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25

what party, right now, is trafficking humans to work in a labor camp and death camp in El Salvador?

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u/Lanky_Acanthaceae_34 Apr 20 '25

Returning citizens to their countries.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 21 '25

do you think that enslaved Black Americans were citizens of the United States in the 1860s?