Posted on 04/24/2010 2:20:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It was the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, who formed the ACS. Freed slaves were given a choice. Accept passage for resettlement in Liberia, or remain in this land of opportunity.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/li.html
Cheers,
OLA
I think every living slaveowner should give every living slave a year’s wages. Oh wait. They’re all dead. Nevermind.
“I am the great-granddaughter of 2 union soldiers. I consider any “debt” paid in full.”
...what I’m trying to do is cut out all the reparations that are being paid at present...no more EOC hires...no more carve outs...no more preferences...no more black colleges...no more set asides...no more preferences on government contracts ect.
....a voucher on a one time...last time basis...and that would be it....blacks would have to sink or swim on their own....just like the rest of us.
Blacks captured blacks and sold them into slavery - blacks/muslims were the slave masters, and still are in Africa and other parts of the world. Think Obama. His people. blacks & muslims. No reparations! And get the commie/muzy out of OUR HOUSE!
There have been almost 50 years of reparations in the forms that you mention - plenty of time for anyone who wanted to take advantage of them. Time to declare everyone equal and end them.
So , if they were given a choice and chose to stay why are reparations in order?
One last time. No Vouchers. No reparations. Doing so only admits a debt. Yes, we are currently paying vis a vis welfare, affirmative action, etc, but stating we are guilty of being white and we are so sorry for being white and handing over yet more treasure is a sure fire way to encourage further abuses. Like amnesty for the illegals. What happened after Reagan signed the one time fixes all deal. We got 20 million of the ba$tards now.
A better fix is to simply end racial quotas, affirmative action and welfare. Otherwise we will keep paying until the end of time.
So , if they were given a choice and chose to stay why are reparations in order?
Attempted shakedown of the uniformed masses?
Furthermore, the 14th Amendment, Section 4 specifically prohibits reparations for slavery:
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Cheers,
OLA
Thank you for this excellent post. This has needed to be said for a long time. Appreciate you having the guts to write it.
All in all, I wish I could personally pay them all reparations. However, where they are now is a better place, and G-d has set things right. I am sorry for what happened to them. I am sorry for all people in the world who are denied their G-d-given freedom. [None of the slave stories I have ever read are as horrible as what happened to my family in the Holocaust, but all evil is still evil.]
Black liberals need to focus not on reparations because of what happened to their ancestors but on making the struggles of those ancestors worthwhile. Live; achieve; be moral, good, and strong. Read these stories of your brilliant and hardworking, thoughtful ancestors and live the lives these men and women could not.
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