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This searchable database includes selected 3300+ legal documents on reparations for Descendants of Africans Enslaved in the United States (DAEUS).
In January 2023, Twenty-eight (28) documents were added from 2022. The 2022 law review article with the most hits was "The Wilmington Massacre and Coup of 1898 and the Search for Restorative Justice" . The article on the website with ALL time most hits was 'Shocking List of 10 Companies that Profited from the Slave Trade
Documents were gathered through an electronic database search based on the following search parameters: Within the body of the article (reparation* in the same paragraph with either "black American" or "African American" or enslaved or slavery or slave* or "jim crow" or negro! or colored).
The documents were not reviewed and may only be tangentially related to reparations for Descendants of Africans Enslaved in the United States.
Furthermore, it is possible that an inappropriate article is included in the database. If you think an article is racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic or otherwise inappropriate, please email with the (1) the name of the database and (2) the complete name of the article.
The documents are in the following categories:
Type | Total |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance | 102 |
Arbitration | 1 |
Briefs | 199 |
Cases | 210 |
Expert Materials | 18 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources | 2484 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) | 86 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) | 8 |
Trial Court Documents | 210 |
Trial Court Order | 5 |
3306 | |
Most Relevant | 374 |
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