"Repatriations" for "reparations" is, how shall we say this, "historically resonant" -- there really were a couple of "back to Africa" movements in the 19th century. Church and abolition groups sent thousands of ex-slaves to found Liberia in the first half of the century, and then Abraham Lincoln endorsed their idea in the 1850's and continued to explore possibilities for black freedmen's emigration while he was president. One scheme he apparently had in mind was to use an army of about a million freedmen to build the Panama Canal 30 years early, after which the survivors (this was before Army doctors got a handle on yellowjack) would settle in Central America. When Lincoln died, General Van Sickles (he of the Wheatfield at Gettysburg) was in Panama and New Granada (Colombia) pursuing this possibility. Lastly, Marcus Garvey launched his own "back to Africa" movement at the close of the 19th century, whose enduring contribution has turned out to be his movement's flag, in the colors red, green, and black.
ROFL... Reparations. That's what I meant.
Ok, liberal blond moment on my part.