# Reparations details **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-details/186515 "2003-07-06T05:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mayor\_McJesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@Mayor\_McJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayor_McJesus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-details/186515/21 "2003-07-10T06:59:19Z")
Four ancestors killed in the Civil War fighting to preserve the Union and for the freedom of all its inhabitants = I’m all paid up. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-details/186515/22 "2003-07-10T20:51:43Z")
I’m torn on whether reperations should occur, but if they do: Tax credit to everyone who can prove descendance from a slave until the balance is returned (either 40 acres & a mule or the price of the labor). ---
**Author:** ![klas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@klas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-details/186515/23 "2003-07-10T21:12:19Z")
Who shall pay ? I haven’t heard anyone (meaning not just in this board) talk about what others outside the US are responsible for slavery. Read this article: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,91575,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,91575,00.html) It talks about an african ambassador going around apologizing for his countries role in the slave trade, and saying that if the countries in Africa didn’t round up and supply them, slavery would never had happened. (But of course, slavery STILL is going on in this world - unfortunately). Do the countries in Africa that supplied slaves have some sort of obligation tp provide reparations ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-details/186515.md?page=1)