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Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (born 1838)
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Silas Soule
American abolitionist, military officer who refused order to participate in Sand Creek massacre
Silas Stillman Soule was an American abolitionist, teenage conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and early example of what would later be called a "whistleblower". He is honored as a hero for disobeying orders to participate in a massacre of Native Americans,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sand Creek massacre
1864 killing of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by US troops during the American Indian Wars
The Sand Creek massacre was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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