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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reparations were paid already - 360,222 deaths from Americans fighting to end the confederacy.  That’s more than reparations paid in blood, anguish and heartache [/quote]

So ignorant. Nearly 200k free black men and escaped slaves fought for the Union. Also, the Union was not finding to end slavery - they were fighting to keep the union together. There were slave-owning states within the Union, e.g., MARYLAND. [/quote]

OMG.  You are literally giving history lessons from racist Southern high schools.  [/quote]

Let us take a minute to pray for your teachers, clearly they failed you tremendously. Reparations were not paid because white Americans died to free slaves while fighting in the Union army. Many POC fought for the Union. The war itself was not about ending slavery - it was indeed about preserving the Union. This is why, for example, the Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to Maryland: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/the-not-quite-free-state-maryland-dragged-its-feet-on-emancipation-during-civil-war/2013/09/13/a34d35de-fec7-11e2-bd97-676ec24f1f3f_story.html. [/quote]
My.teachers taught me very well, thank you.  Slavery was THE ISSUE that divided the union.  Southern schools downplay this fact, I hear it from Southerners all the time.

There is no doubt that Lincoln intended to end slavery and that the South seceded for this reason.  However Lincoln envisioned a gradual peaceful process.  The war made that impossible. The Emancipation Proclamation exempted Unionist slave states to keep them loyal.  This was a political move by Lincoln to help win the war, particularly as it applies to Maryland, because he could not win if Washington DC was surrounded by rebel states.

And of course, once the war was over, the Constitution was amended to end slavery everywhere.

Stop getting your history from newspapers and take a class in history.

And stop being so rude in your own ignorance.  You are not helping your cause.[/quote]

Has there been another country or people that have gone to war with each other to affirm the humanity of a minority? [/quote]

We still need to finish the job.

Many people still don’t believe that black lives matter. 
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+100

PP is completely right. No matter how many lives were lost in the Civil War, reparations need to be made to close out that chapter, as well as the following 100 years of life in this country with no rights.

We were promised 40 acres and a mule back then. How much is that now when you add 155 years of inflation? [/quote]
40 acres and a mule in Alabama costs about $80,000.  The catch is you have to move there and start farming.  If emough of you go, it will turn the South blue, so it's a win-win.

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