What about those who fought to free the slaves?
I have two GGGrandfathers who took up arms for the Union; one of whom became very ill with typhus during the siege of Petersburg.
I have a Great Uncle and a GG Uncle who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the Union...one of whom was wounded in action and died in a Confederate prison camp.
My wife has ancestors who fought for the Union; one wounded at Little Round Top at Gettysburg; another who survived Andersonville.
Screw “reparations”—we’ve done our part!
Well technically then you should get some reparations too.
Ditto here. 2 of my ancestors from NH and 2 from VT died in the Civil War.
I want my blood money!
But more than that, I and a lot of folks that don't know it descend from WHITE slaves.
People captured by the St. Francis Indians, marched to Quebec, most sold to the French as slaves, a few kept by the Indians as slaves.
But wait! There's more!
I also descend from Quebec French, some of which may have owned some of my English ancestors.
Do I owe myself reparations?
There are few pure bred blacks who descend from slaves in the USA.
Do a lot of them owe themselves reparations?