What an astonishingly simplistic post. First, Democrats are quite aware and to my knowledge have not tried to hide under a rock about the reality of the southern Democratic Parties maintanance of slavery 150 years ago. But to claim the boundary between support/imposition and opposition/emancipation is as “clean” as: all 19’th century Democrats on one side and all 19th century Republicans on the other, shows a shallow understanding of the countries history. Emancipation was the first human step by a brave but also politically calculating President determined to keep the Union together, to turn a corner on centuries of subjugation and massive economic exploitation for the benefit all BUT those enslaved. Not just all Democrats or Republicans...but all who benefitted economically, to scratch the surface. The reparations discussion is a complex one with all sorts of possible solutions and implications. I couldn’t pretend to know the best way to address it. But I do know this. It doesn’t simplistically land on one parties head or the others.