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The 1862 civil war song 'Kingdom Coming' tells the fun little tale of a group of slaves who see their master fleeing Union troops, lock their overseer in a cellar and proceed to drink all their ex-master's booze. What was the immediate aftermath of emancipation in the American Civil War really like?

by /u/124876720 in /r/AskHistorians

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