As a reparationist, the most common pushbacks, I receive while speaking about America's original sin, and the debt that has been owed to the American Negro community through Special Field Orders #15 for far too long are #1.WERE YOU ENSLAVED? & #2. HOW DID THE U S GOVERNMENT SANCTION CHATTEL SLAVERY?

MY ANSWER TO NUMBER ONE IS PRETTY SIMPLE. NO I WAS NOT BUT MY ANCESTORS WERE!

AND MY ANSWER TO NUMBER 2 WOULD BE THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT, WHICH YOU CAN READ BELOW!

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/fugitive-slave-act-of-1850/

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts