Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)

347 Pages·2004·1.39 MB·English

by  Roy L. Brooks

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The George Gund Foundation has endowed
this imprint to advance understanding of
the history,culture,and current issues
ofAfrican Americans.
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the
generous contribution to this book provided by
the African American Studies Endowment Fund
of the University of California Press Associates,
which is supported by a major gift from the
George Gund Foundation.
ATONEMENT AND FORGIVENESS

ATONEMENT AND FORGIVENESS
A New Model for Black Reparations
Roy L. Brooks
University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles London
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2004 by the Regents of the University
of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brooks, Roy L. (Roy Lavon), 1950–.
Atonement and forgiveness : a new model for
Black reparations / Roy L. Brooks.
p. cm.
“George Gund Foundation imprint in African
American studies.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN---
1. African Americans—Reparations.
2.Atonement. 3. Government liability—United
States. I. Title.
E185.89.R45B76 2004
973'.049673—dc22 2004041239
Manufactured in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication meets the
minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992
(R1997) (Permanence of Paper).
To Watson Branch, a friend, a scholar,
and a beautiful person

CONTENTS
Preface ix
1. The Purpose and History of the Black
Redress Movement 1
2. Harms to Slaves and Free Blacks 20
3. Harms to Descendants 36
4. The Tort Model 98
5. The Atonement Model 141
6. Opposing Arguments 180
Epilogue 207
Appendix 1: Selected List of Other
Atrocities 213
Appendix 2: Summary of the Negotiations
That Led to Germany’s Foundation Law 218
Notes 221
Selected Bibliography 273
Cases 299
Statutes 303
Index 307