- Sep 27, 2005
- 22,124
- 4,047
- Occupation
- Employed
Countries that paid reparations to it slave owner
(with a few exceptions
Exception: France made Haiti pay 150 million francs
(the modern equivalent of US$21 billion).
AmeriKKKa: On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill
ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this
law came 8 1/2 months before Lincoln issued his
Emancipation Proclamation.
The act provided up to $300 (approximately $7,000 today)
in compensation to former slave owners
Exception: The British government paid out £20 million to
compensate some 3,000 families for the loss of their “property”
when slave-ownership was abolished in Britain’s colonies in 1833.
France: Slave owners were compensated with a total of 126
million francs, approximately US$16 billion today.
Puerto Rico: The owners were compensated with 35 million
pesetas (approximately US$200,000 ) per enslaved Black
person from Spain.
(with a few exceptions
Exception: France made Haiti pay 150 million francs
(the modern equivalent of US$21 billion).
AmeriKKKa: On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill
ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this
law came 8 1/2 months before Lincoln issued his
Emancipation Proclamation.
The act provided up to $300 (approximately $7,000 today)
in compensation to former slave owners
Exception: The British government paid out £20 million to
compensate some 3,000 families for the loss of their “property”
when slave-ownership was abolished in Britain’s colonies in 1833.
France: Slave owners were compensated with a total of 126
million francs, approximately US$16 billion today.
Puerto Rico: The owners were compensated with 35 million
pesetas (approximately US$200,000 ) per enslaved Black
person from Spain.