Slave Owners received compensation for emancipation, not former slaves./1
The fed gov’t compensated the “owners” of enslaved people for their “loss of property.” The Ppl who were freed were not compensated, nor given assistance for transition to freedom.
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/comp…
The fed gov’t compensated the “owners” of enslaved people for their “loss of property.” The Ppl who were freed were not compensated, nor given assistance for transition to freedom.
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/comp…
Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery /2
But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.
thenation.com/article/societ…
But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.
thenation.com/article/societ…
When Slaveowners Got Reparations
Lincoln signed a bill in 1862 that paid up to $300 for every enslaved person freed./3
..it’s important to remember that slaveowners, far more than enslaved people, were always the primary beneficiaries of public largess.
nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opi…
Lincoln signed a bill in 1862 that paid up to $300 for every enslaved person freed./3
..it’s important to remember that slaveowners, far more than enslaved people, were always the primary beneficiaries of public largess.
nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opi…
D.C.’s grim, unfinished business, 154 years after emancipation /4
Compensation is supposed to be the good deed that acts as balance against something bad. In this case, the “bad” was slavery. The wrong side got rewarded.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/dc-ha…
Compensation is supposed to be the good deed that acts as balance against something bad. In this case, the “bad” was slavery. The wrong side got rewarded.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/dc-ha…
An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. /5
An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War.
bookshop.org/books/an-examp…
An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War.
bookshop.org/books/an-examp…
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