... believe in slavery reparations should step forward in society and make it known that slavery reparations are wrong because descendants of slave owners should not be held accountable for their ancestor's actions. Before the Civil War Era, slavery was very widespread, but not as widespread as many may think. In fact, only one in five white southern men owned slaves ... families of Jewish Holocaust victims were compensated. During the same time period, the United States was faced with compensating the immediate families of the 120,000 Japanese Americans that were put in internment camps a...

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