Chicago suburb locals hope reparations addresses ‘affordability pressures’ as Black population dwindles

Evanston, Illinois, was first city to implement reparations program for Black resident

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Based on the 1830 U.S. Federal Census, there were approximately 3,775 free black slaveholders. These individuals owned roughly 12,000 to 13,000 enslaved people, representing a small fraction of the total slave population. A significant number of these owners, particularly in the Upper South, held family members to prevent them from being separated. 

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