Debates on reparations for slavery have emerged on national and international levels.
Despite statutory prohibitions against Slave smuggling, American citizens continued to smuggle African captives into the United States up to and beyond the threshold of the Civil.
Few people are cognizant of the fact that the transatlantic Slave trade consisted of both a legal trade and an illegal trade that began after January 1, 1808.
However, much of the discourse centers on the legitimate Slave trade.
Debates on reparations for slavery have emerged on national and international levels