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Primary Sources & Study Guides
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Report
California Reparations Task Force Final Report (2023) ↗https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report
Legislation
H.R. 40 bill text — Congress.gov ↗https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22H.R.+40+reparations%22%7D
Primary document
Special Field Orders No. 15 (1865) ↗https://www.archives.gov/
Primary document
D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act (1862) ↗https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/dc-emancipation-act
History
Callie House and the ex-slave pension movement ↗https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/slave-pensions.html
Records
Freedmen's Bureau records guide ↗https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/freedmens-bureau
Data
Federal Reserve: Survey of Consumer Finances wealth data ↗https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm
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