"or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave"
It looks like this deals with reparations to slave owners. It says nothing about compensating slaves.
See also: "The amendment prohibited former Confederate states from repaying war debts and compensating former slave owners for the emancipation of their enslaved people." (https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/14th-amendment.htm)
"or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave"
It looks like this deals with reparations to slave owners. It says nothing about compensating slaves.
See also: "The amendment prohibited former Confederate states from repaying war debts and compensating former slave owners for the emancipation of their enslaved people." (https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/14th-amendment.htm)
https://poal.co/s/TellPoal/636610/3f2cbebf-6598-4a35-9437-4f6c3565bb79#cmnts I read it as both due to the wording. Any singular way only doesn't make much sense with that chosen wording.
https://poal.co/s/TellPoal/636610/3f2cbebf-6598-4a35-9437-4f6c3565bb79#cmnts
I read it as both due to the wording. Any singular way only doesn't make much sense with that chosen wording.
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