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Where to exile the rebels?

WI The Union government had passed a law providing for exile and land confiscatino as a penalty for treason and had prosecuted 10-30 000 leading menbers if the slavocrat movement

(Possibly providing for special provisions for juries to be of loyal men - likely USCT veterans\)

Where could they have been sent. I was wondering whether there were railroads to Canada and how the authoriies there would react to such an influx

I believe that it could easily be sold as merciful measure. The law would clearly have allowed for the execution of everyone supporting rebellion.

Any other suggestions
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