The emancipation proclamation
It was reasonably justified because they believed that it worked and as they were religious they believed that what they did actually worked and appeased the gods. The human sacrifices actually did it voluntarily, although probably not all, since they believed that it was their duty. This was not unlike numerous other places throughout history where human sacrifice to gods was a common thing and done all the time. They didn't know any better and actually believed it to be true.
Suppose your ancestors came from the Highlands of Western England and settled in the Appalachian Mountains of present-day West Virginia. Among the waves of immigrants from England your ancestors were the D) Puritans.
