Reparations for Slavery | Reparations Lawsuits Will Rectify the Injustice of Slavery
Vincene Verdun is an associate professor of law and African American studies at Ohio State University in Columbus.
Summary: Lawsuits filed in 2002 are seeking damages from corporations who profited from slavery in the United States. Critics of these suits argue that too many years have passed since the end of slavery and therefore these suits should be barred by the statute of limitations. Resistance to such lawsuits also centers around the fact that no slaves are alive to compensate. However, corporations, abetted by the federal government, contributed...
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