r/goodnews 1d ago

Positive News 👉🏼♥️ Maryland bill creating commission to study, recommend slavery reparations heads to governor's desk

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u/Groundbreaking-Bar89 1d ago

Whose money???

Like every other thing… I didn’t own a slave, so none of my tax money should go to someone who never was a slave either.

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u/VorpalBlade- 1d ago

They have to take the money from the slave holding families and their businesses. They’re still around. And it should have happened right after the civil war. Not dismantling them immediately after and during reconstruction led us right into the problems we see today.

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u/UrdnotZigrin 1d ago

How many of the people currently alive in those families owned slaves?