The Unanswered Question: Effects Of Slavery On African Americans

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Jim burg Dr.Thibeault English 1101 February 5, 2001 The Unanswered Question Reparation is an individual proposal from the federal government to pay for the unpaid labor of slavery. The U.S. government’s original plan to repay African Americans for slavery was “40 acres and a mule”. To show faith from the government, General Sherman set aside land on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia for freedmen to settle. But, in 1865, after the Confederates States of America were defeated, and the death of Lincoln; President Andrew Johnson returned the land back to its previous owners. The effects of slavery hurt African Americans in many aspects of life due to the unresolved question on reparations. Obvious reasons why

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