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Ok. 15 years that could have been a part of... But the state did declare itself free of slavery when it joined the USA.
Cool. I wasn't trying to argue with you. Just pointing to the fact that MOST people think that California was always a part of the slave / master trade for being a USA state.
It is our (thankfully) failed 13th amendment. It would have permanently made slavery legal in the states that had it, and it part of the amendment was that it could NEVER be withdrawn, even by a new Constitutional amendment. The South refused to sign it because the war wasn't about slavery, it was about taxation. Slavery was part of the economy of course, but that was not their objection. It was about what they believed to be unfair taxation, and it was up to 80% on exported goods like cotton. Banks made enormous sums doing this, and the northern states were quite a bit in debt at the time, especially the cities.
The Enslavement of Indigenous Peoples by the Spanish In California is well documented. Those Missions didn't build themselves!
Detroit with a 78% Black population is gonna see how much they can get in Reparations.
Reparations is just an empty promise to keep Blacks voting Dem for the next decade
Reparations should consist solely of a free one-way ticket to Africa.
I started doing the family taxes at age 13. I'm the only one I know who does his own taxes - on paper, mailed in, bitches.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-reparations-taskforce-increases-amount-it-is-demanding-to-800bn-from-640bn/ar-AA19emVI?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a8345c450cc2471fae730527f9da9cd3&ei=10