Article Index

• Opinion and Order: Defendants' Joint Motion to Dismiss
• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA
• A. A Definition of Slavery
• B. A Brief History of Slavery
• C. Slavery and American Law
• D. Slavery and Morality
• E. Slavery as a Cause of the Civil War
• F. The Civil War
• G. The Abolishment of Slavery
• H. The Modern Slave Reparations Movement
• III. OVERVIEW OF THE PROCEEDINGS
• A. Parties
• B. Pleadings
• IV. DISCUSSION
• A. Justiciability Doctrines
• B. Failure to State a Claim
• C. Statutes of Limitation
• V. CONCLUSION
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