And white Americans paid for the freeing of slaves with their blood, their families, their wealth and in many cases everything they ever owned. The way I see it, you own White America reparations. Perhaps we need to levy a "Black Tax" to repay us for our ancestors' sacrifices. Don't forget, the South lost the war and many of the Confederates were killed, died off from disease and their families starved to death after the war. So, those white people of today are mostly descendants of those who freed your ancestors.