[Diverdogz]

Don't forget, that the clause in this amendment which cancelled all debts for the emancipation of slaves was one of the first time the US Government blatantly took property without just compensation. Compensated emancipation for the LEGAL slaves which were to be freed, was the only just way to do it.

If the slaves were 'taken' by the federal government, the government would 'own' the slaves. This didn't happen - the slaves were freed, not taken. No compensation necessary.

[H.Akston]

If the slaves were 'taken' by the federal government, the government would 'own' the slaves. This didn't happen - the slaves were freed, not taken. No compensation necessary.

All that is required for a taking, is to deprive you of the property. They deprive you of the use of it. Other countries had compensated emancipation. Even some Northern States did. This is a great wrong that was done to the South. One day it's legal, one day it's not, and no compensation, because of a fraudulently ratified amendment. "Consent of the governed" is a concept that got lost in the transfer from the old Union to the New.