In 1999, the German government and German industries, under siege from lawsuits, agreed to compensate Jews and non-Jews for their slave and forced labor.
In 1988, the German government began monthly payments to Holocaust survivors.
After 1952, based on negotiations with the Israeli government, the German government set aside funds to be paid by the Claims Conference. A much larger sum was agreed to be paid in installments over a 14-year period to the Israeli government. Ben-Gurion argued this was an effort to recover stolen Jewish property and to ensure that murderers of the Jews not also become the heirs of the Jews.
During the negotiations, Israeli opponents of an agreement suggested accepting German money was an act forgiving the Germans for the Holocaust.
In 1862, after slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia, the US Government agreed to compensate slave owners up to $300 for each slave freed. At the same time, the US Government agree to compensate slaves up to $100 for each former slave who emigrated from the US.
In 2014 Ta-Nehisi Coates proposes reparations, not just for 250 years of slaout very, but for the theft of land and other property under Jim Crow and housing segregation.
Reparations for slavery, for lost property would not be forgiveness for slavery. Would be some compensation for loss of liberty, loss of earnings, and theft of property. Loss of liberty, loss of earnings, and loss of property have been obstacles for the success of the descendants of slaves.
Think about it.