Why are reparations a debt owed to the Black American Negroes by the U.S government? The document below from the library of Congress recorded these events, from General Sherman keeping his promise to the Negro Americans who were the deciding factor in the Civil War. To President Lincoln making that war time law official with his signature in 1865. Shortly after that the President was assassinated by Confederate minded individuals for trying to make the Black American Negroes whole for their selfless sacrifices and valiant efforts to earn their citizenship in true American form. On the first document reference #5 under the Menu: General William T. Sherman's Special Field Orders no.15

https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/after_slavery_educator/unit_three_documents/document_five

https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434256/