Black Dispatches was a common term used among Union military men in the American Civil War for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by African-Americans. This source of information represented a prolific and productive category of intelligence obtained and acted on by Union forces throughout the Civil War.
In 1865 and 1866, after the civil war. I'm not sure who wrote them
People act in their own best interests to secure their own wills.
Remember Hobbes thought people were bad...
This is important because if someone is falsely accused of a crime they are not automatically punished. They have the opportunity to defend themselves and have a jury listen to them
