Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, having solved all other problems afflicting the Windy City, has turned his attention to the most pressing issue his office has ever faced. Namely, reparations. On June 17, 2024, Johnson authorized spending $500K to study the matter.
Ahead of Juneteenth, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed Executive Order 2024-1, establishing a Reparations Task Force to develop a Black Reparations Agenda. This Task Force is an example of the Administration’s dedication to co-governance, and in partnership with members of the Aldermanic Black Caucus, the Mayor’s offices of Equity and Racial Justice and Business, Economic and Neighborhood Development, and other key City departments, will conduct a comprehensive study and examination of all policies that have harmed Black Chicagoans from the slavery era to present day and make a series of recommendations that will serve as appropriate remedies.
The question regarding in what fashion the slavery era affected black Chicagoans presents itself, given that Illinois was always a free state. Also, given the amount of time that has passed since slavery ended in the United States, which will be 159 years come this December, finding any direct correlation between slavery and much of anything might prove problematic.
“Today’s Executive Order is not just a public declaration; it is a pledge to shape the future of our city by confronting the legacy of inequity that has plagued Chicago for far too long,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “In partnership with the Chicago City Council Black Caucus and our dedicated allies, we are continuing to build on the bedrock of my administration to move forward in reconciliation through targeted investments aimed at rectifying decades of deliberate disinvestment in Black neighborhoods and communities.
“These decisive actions move us beyond words and are a testament to my administration taking on the responsibility of this work. Thank you to all for your unwavering dedication that has brought us to this pivotal moment toward a more just and equitable Chicago for all.”
The dnc convention will show everyone what chicago’s makeup is. They deserve nothing.
And here we go again. First of all, where is the $500k coming from ? Where is the money going ? Who is getting the money ? There is not a single person alive that owned slaves. There is not a single person alive that was a slave.
In 1810, Illinois had 168 slaves; in 1820, it had 917, making it “the only Northern state to show an increase in slave population” during that time, wrote Mark W. Sorensen in the 2003 Illinois Heritage magazine. When Illinois earned statehood in 1818, the U.S. government required that it be a free state.Oct 21, 2016
When did slavery end in Illinois?
The 1848 Constitution ended that and made Illinois a free state that did not permit slavery.Jun 19, 2020
Who had the first slaves?
The more slaves you had, the wealthier and more influential you were. The oldest known slave society was the Mesopotamian and Sumerian civilisations located in the Iran/Iraq region between 6000-2000BCE.Nov 28, 2018
Which continent has the most slaves today?
Africa
Africa has the highest vulnerability to modern slavery of all regions and is home to the four most vulnerable countries: South Sudan, Somalia, Central African Republic, and the DRC
What’s next ???? Reparations for the LGBTQI+ community ????
GREAT suggestion!
I wouldn’t be surprised.
No question that any current resident of Chicago who was a slave up to and until any of the following dates should be paid reparations:
Co;umbus’ discovery of America in 1492,
Founding of Jamestown in 1607
Beginning of Civil War in 1861
Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 (which only covered slaves in Confederate states)
Juneteenth, 1865
Dead voters are excluded.
All others, pound salt!
/sarc
Let BLM fork over the 500k. They haven’t done anything else for their own except buy expensive houses, take vacations, buy jewelry for the founders and their family !
n 1833, Indigenous leaders were made to sign the last Treaty of Chicago. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi was able to stay in Indiana and Michigan due to their connection with the Catholic Church, but all other tribes were forced west of the Mississippi on what became known as the Trail of Death.
Will these Native Americans / American Indians get Reparations for what the United States government did to them ?
The first African slaves to be brought to the continental United States were brought by the Spanish in 1526 as part of the first attempt at European settlement in what is now the continental United States. The short-lived settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape was founded by Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.Aug 28, 2019
Who brought African slaves to America?
Beginning in the 16th century and for centuries after, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Dutch traders systematically purchased large numbers of African people, many of whom had been captured by the traders’ African allies in wars or in raids, and transported them to the American colonies for permanent enslavement.Many consider a significant starting point to slavery in America to be 1619, when the privateer The White Lion brought 20 enslaved Africans ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The crew had seized the Africans from the Portuguese slave ship São João Bautista.When did white slavery start?
According to Robert Davis, between 1 million and 1.25 million Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in North Africa and Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Go after these countries if you want reparations. What about the black slave owners / traders ? Go after them if you want reparations.