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Nobody questions the fact that slavery has been the cause of pain for many people and families. What is in question is how to mend this pain. Have the ancestors of American slaves experienced troubles directly resulting from the actions of slavery that deserve reparations? Are the ancestors of slave owners experiencing prosperity that should be redistributed? Although slavery has been illegal in America for 143 years, the controversy over slavery reparations continue to cause controversy to this day.
During the 1860’s, slavery was a huge part of life in the South and its effects touch many people and their families. Almost one-third of all Southern families owned slaves (Wright, 1900). Even though slavery was widespread throughout the South, it varied from state to state as shown in Table 1.
Table 1
A Percentage of slave owning families in each state that allowed it in 1860
Mississippi 49% Louisiana 29% Kentucky 23%
South Carolina 46% Texas 28% Arkansas 20%
Georgia 37%......

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