Slavery
Should Blacks be Given Reparation for Sufferings under Slavery? Many people today do not believe that they should have to pay for something that they were not even involved in long ago, but the fact is African Americans were promised by the US Government some type of reparation for slavery that was never received by slaves, or their families. ... In this case many left nothing behind because they had nothing to give due to most families being very poor during slavery. ... Slavery began around 1619 and finally came to an end when President Lincoln made his famous Gettysburg Address. ... The big problem with these lawsuits is that slavery was legal in the United States. ... Slavery reparation is a very good idea, and fair to African Americans.