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    6 months ago

    It depicts a oppressors killing others using self defense as an excuse.

    Bullies victimizing themselves is a tale as old as time, as comic this was released in 1876. And very relevant today.

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      Do what? The source you linked stated it was about a white (U.S.) southerner and a black child. What “indigenous” person do you think is depicted here…?

      Edit: original comment said this was about a “colonist” and an “indigenous person”.

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            This was around 10 years after the abolishment of slavery in the south, was it not referencing that?

            If not what is the actual context?

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              I’m being a little technical, but I think it’s important. He/she would have been either an ex-slave, or a child of slaves, or just in general an African most likely. But definitely not “a slave”.