It would have cost the USA, $40 million, to have given 4 million estimated slaves "Forty Acres and a Mule", in 1865. X.06 % interest, =$1.3 Trillion. Estimated 30 million descendants, $400k per person. https://www.africanamerica.org/topic/the-value-of-40-acres-and-a-mule I would prefer not.
It would have cost the USA, $40 million, to have given 4 million estimated slaves "Forty Acres and a Mule", in 1865. X.06 % interest, =$1.3 Trillion. Estimated 30 million descendants, $400k per person. https://www.africanamerica.org/topic/the-value-of-40-acres-and-a-mule I would prefer not.
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