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FEB 1783
Modern Calls for
Reparations for Slavery
A TIMELINE OF BLACK RESISTANCE
The “first formal record” for reparations
takes place when Belinda Royall petitions
the Massachusetts General Court to
request a pension from her former
enslaver’s estate. Belinda receives 15
pounds and 12 shillings.
NOV 1898
The first annual convention of the National
Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and
Pension Association is held in Nashville,
Tennessee, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1,
1898. The group reaches a membership
of hundreds of thousands calling for
“compensation for slavery from federal
agencies.”
1957 and 1959
“Queen Mother” Audley Moore, president
of the Universal Association of Ethiopian
Women, presents a petition to the United
Nations against genocide and for selfdetermination, land, and reparations.
OCT 1966
The Black Panthers issue their 10-point
program, in which they demand
compensation for stolen wages and
genocide: “the payment in currency
which will be distributed to our many
communities.”
AUG 1988
Congress passes legislation that
compensates more than 100,000 people of
Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated
in detention camps during World War II.
They receive a formal apology and $20,000
each.
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