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Were Morant and Handcock murderers or “scapegoats” of the empire?”
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Were Morant and Handcock murderers or "scapegoats" of the empire?" Morant and Handcok were depicted by the media as being "scapegoats" of the empire although it is hard to assess the facts portrayed without taking bias into account. Some of the sources assert that the soldiers were scapegoats of the empire, however when looking in depth at the vast amount of primary evidence, one can establish that Morant and Handcock were cold-blooded killers. "The legend that Morant and Handcock were Australians wronged by the British army, is indeed, a legend."1 Morant and Handcock shot innocent Boer prisoners driven by revenge for the death of their Captain Hunt, and killed the missionary Hesse in cold blood. Furthermore their admission to their involvement in the deaths of twelve unarmed Boers, with the excuse that they had received orders to shoot Boers wearing British uniform has little bearing on their actual guilt as murderers. A...
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