Reparations for the slavery is not a new idea Before the Civil War ended, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued an order in South Carolina He wanted 40 acres and the loan of an Army mule set aside for each former slave family
This order was never carried out After the war, Republicans in Congress passed laws requiring confiscation of former-Confederate property to provide the ex-slaves with 40 acres and a mule In 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed the legislation Here are ten reasons why reparations for blacks, now supported by the Democratic Party, is a bad idea and racist too