The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 17th, 2001
SLAVERY
America could really help black community
Saturday, March 17, 2001
There has been much debate about whether to compensate the descendants of slaves for the crime of slavery that this country participated in ("Too late for slavery reparations?" The Morning Mail, March 10). Does anyone think that any amount of money can make up for the crime of slavery?
I can't ever recall anything in my history classes that indicated that there was ever any kind of major effort to empower the freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln. It appears that Lincoln fr...
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