Soph0571 (1,481 posts) Sun Nov 25, 2018, 09:23 AM
Should we pay Reparations for Slavery?
Western wealth is built on slavery.
Germany and the German states never had slavery.
Britain abolished slavery before the start of the Industrial Revolution.
France abolished slavery before the start of the Industrial Revolution.
The US abolished slavery around the start of the Industrial Revolution, and US slavery was mostly agricultural rather than industrial. Many plantations were demolished in the Civil War, and those that survived were unworkable.
Stupid premise, stupid conclusion.
brooklynite (46,593 posts) Sun Nov 25, 2018, 09:46 AM
4. Let us know when you have the details worked out...
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Do non-African Americans have to contribute to the reparations fund if they came to the US after the 14th Amendment was passed?
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brooklynite's asked about half of my ancestry. My paternal grandparents came to the US from Russia in the first decade of the 20th Century.
There's a question
brooklynite did not ask. My maternal ancestors lived in the North, and some fought on the Union side. Their sweat, possibly blood, and risking death made the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments possible.