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A bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America’s original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal–from the acclaimed author of The Whiteness of Wealth. The idea of reparations is not a new or original one; it is one that is baked into American history. When the District of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862 went into effect, wealthy slaveowners like Margaret Barber were compensated for the loss of their enslaved workers. Dorothy A. Brown addresses the glaring question: if reparations can be achieved for others, why not for Black Americans? If lynching can be remedied for Italian immigrants, and slaveholders compensated for losses associated with abolition and emancipation, then the government’s failure to provide such remedies to Black communities harmed by similar violence, loss, and destruction is long overdue. The fight for reparations is truly a fight for the soul of America, to produce the country our founding fathers idealized but never achieved. Getting to Reparations makes a logical and necessary case for reparations for Black Americans. It lays out a path as to how we might achieve this, built on the frameworks used throughout U.S. history by the government to pay restitution. It is now time to do the same for America’s Black population.
Author: Dorothy A. Brown
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 1/20/2026
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77 lbs
Size: 8.53″ H x 5.76″ L x 0.95″ W
ISBN: 9780593593615
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