Slavery was very wrong. But suggesting that people who had nothing to do with it should pay reparations for it is also very wrong. One reason for that is that very many citizens of our country did not arrive until long after slavery was abolished, including my ancestors who worked in the coal mines and steel mills of western PA after migrating here from Eastern Europe. They were among the many people whose blood, sweat and tears created the America we live in today. The modern left, following the example of socialists everywhere, is intent on punishing groups of people for sins they did not commit - with the recent abuse of innocent police offices being one example. One cannot fix a wrong that was done with another wrong.
This is misleading. “618,222 American men died fighting each other to finally do what the founders had wanted and put off necessarily as they fought a great empire and forged a new nation.” Better: 618,222 American men died fighting each other; 360,222 did so to finally do what the founders had wanted and put off necessarily as they fought a great empire and forged a new nation.
The biggest problem with reparations is that it makes no distinction between those who were responsible for slavery and those who were not. Half of my ancestors were no in this country until 1956 - they had nothing to do with slavery. The other half of my ancestors fought for the Union in the War Between the States. How am I responsible for reparations for slavery?
Thanks for this great article. Love to read those quotes of the likes of Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers thoughts about slavery.
That was great👍🇺🇸
Another great post. BTW I was taught that “state’s rights” was part of the reason for the civil war. Not to diminish that it was about slavery too.
Slavery was very wrong. But suggesting that people who had nothing to do with it should pay reparations for it is also very wrong. One reason for that is that very many citizens of our country did not arrive until long after slavery was abolished, including my ancestors who worked in the coal mines and steel mills of western PA after migrating here from Eastern Europe. They were among the many people whose blood, sweat and tears created the America we live in today. The modern left, following the example of socialists everywhere, is intent on punishing groups of people for sins they did not commit - with the recent abuse of innocent police offices being one example. One cannot fix a wrong that was done with another wrong.
This is misleading. “618,222 American men died fighting each other to finally do what the founders had wanted and put off necessarily as they fought a great empire and forged a new nation.” Better: 618,222 American men died fighting each other; 360,222 did so to finally do what the founders had wanted and put off necessarily as they fought a great empire and forged a new nation.
The biggest problem with reparations is that it makes no distinction between those who were responsible for slavery and those who were not. Half of my ancestors were no in this country until 1956 - they had nothing to do with slavery. The other half of my ancestors fought for the Union in the War Between the States. How am I responsible for reparations for slavery?