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Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd's, U.S. Companies
International News • March 30, 2004
Ten present day descendants of slaves, transported from Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries, have filed a lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Fleet Boston Financial Corp. (as successor in ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
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| law suit | Louise Elston | Sep 12, 2004, 8:18 pm |
| RE: RE: reparationswhat type are reparation forms are there? | MARY COOK | Apr 6, 2004, 2:14 pm |
| RE: reparationswhat type are reparation forms are there? | m,ary cook | Apr 6, 2004, 2:04 pm |
| RE: Reparations | Jim Matthews | Apr 5, 2004, 3:39 pm |
| Reparations | Julio Heng | Apr 5, 2004, 3:30 pm |
| RE: Reparations | Martin P | Apr 5, 2004, 3:06 pm |
| RE: reparations | Chris C. | Apr 2, 2004, 7:59 pm |
| reparations | Dan Lloyd | Apr 1, 2004, 6:07 am |
| Reparations | Steve Hochstatter | Mar 30, 2004, 3:49 pm |
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Subject: RE: reparations
Seems to me, on quick review of comparative lifestyles, health, subsistence levels, etc., that the descendants of those who were enslaved are much better off, in general, than descendants of those who were not.
Descendants of slaves are free to return to their motherland now, if they'd like. However, it seems much more profitable to try to blame someone else for the misfortune of living a safer, healthier life, and thereby get paid for it as well, all because it evolved out of an act that was against the antecedant's will, even though it was a common, accepted, multi-racial and inter-racial practice at the time.
It's all about the money. Not what's fair, right, or who needs to be made whole.