Qasim Rashid, Esq.Dec 3, 2022

On Dec 2, 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was the first American ever executed for treason. The second ever executed for treason was Aaron Dwight Stevens (March 15, 1831 – March 16, 1860).

Their crimes? Attempting to free the enslaved. The first Americans executed for treason was for the crime of freeing the enslaved.

Legality is not always a measure of justice & morality, but a measure of power. This was only two life spans ago.

May we learn from these atrocities & uphold justice forever.

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@QasimRashid Benedict Arnold got off with only minor charges but wasn't his co-conspirator, Major John Andre, of the Revolutionary Army hung for treason? Definitely an act of war to give up Fort West Point
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@Scotter Arnold could/would have been, but escaped to the British, in part because his wife totally played both Washington and Hamilton to buy him time. Maj. Andre was a British soldier, not American, so executed as a spy.