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Even though most people are of the idea that slaves families are owed nothing,
Black descendants of slaves are owed reparations because The U.S. Government needs
to abide by the promise made to slaves and their families African Americans of slave
descent are entitled to reparations. The first notion of reparations for slavery came in the
form of land that slaves had worked in some cases while living on the plantation. Thousands of freed slaves (called freedmen) accompanied Sherman's forces. The
United States Government made a promise based on their military need. The land was
divided into 40-acre tracts and Sherman distributed land titles. This is the origin of the
phrase forty acres and a mule. The Federal Government reneged on their promise. The
most important reason African Americans of slave decent are entitled to Reparations, is
slaves were promised 40 acres and the use of military mules with their freedom, for their
part in the Civil war.
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