Sublime

attested

These were tried, and although the charges were not explained, and the accused did not have representation, they were convicted and executed on December 26, 1862, in what is still the largest mass hanging in U.S. history—of members of a sovereign nation who had risen up to expel foreign invaders from their homeland.

The hypocrisy of this final assignment was a fitting coda to the symphony of sleaze and slaughter that the United States bestowed on Puerto Rico in the name of good government. Winship was walking tall, waving documents, pointing fingers, trying others for their atrocities.