Reparations for slavery were paid a long time ago. They were paid in blood, perhaps the only suitable currency for such a payment. As Lincoln put it, “…every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword…”. In context, that was an unwanted possibility rather than a threat or a promise; but by the time he spoke those words in his Second Inaugural speech it likely had already happened. I’m not going to attempt a calculation of drops of blood (or gallo...
