Hi, Sherry, I think I was in Mexico on vacation when you shared this comment. I didn’t know about this part of history. So, I did some light research online. It looks like people have been talking about this for a few years online but it is coming to attention again. It’s surprising that it hasn’t been referenced more. I found that this was a practice in other countries. I also read in a few places that if slaveholders didn’t make a claim for compensation, the enslaved/freed people could do so. That sounds odd to me too! I’m guessing that never happened! I’m also surprised a little that it appears like Black leaders in the past, from the time it happened up through the civil rights movement, didn’t speak and write about this compensation. Maybe they did. Today, perhaps it’s the language of this being reparations for slaveholders rather than “compensated emancipation” that’s helping people to connect the dots. There really is so much in the history of slavery we desperately need to uncover. But according to Mitch McConnell, and so many others, no one alive today was there. They don’t care and nothing will convince them. For many, it’s not ignorance or not knowing about these aspects of history, it’s unapologetic whiteness. I want to learn and know as much as I can. Thanks for sharing this info.