Reparations Were Paid—To The White Slave Owners! from A Place of Healing

Reparations Were Paid—To The White Slave Owners!

9 minutes Posted Sep 12, 2021 at 10:11 pm.

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President Abraham Lincoln signed an act into law in 1862 granting payment to each slave freed in the District of Columbia because it was embarrassing for dignitaries visiting D.C to see slaves being sold on the National Mall.

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