NEW BOOK

THE STOLEN WEALTH OF SLAVERY:

A Case for Slavery Reparations

When journalist David Montero reached out to me a few years back to discuss my work exposing corporations complicit in slavery, I had no idea his book was aimed at building a case for reparations. I thought we had already done that.

But Montero takes things a step further as explained by Michael Eric Dyson:

“The appeal, and persuasion, and, really, the moral elegance of what Montero offers is that he names the names of individuals and corporations that made their wealth off of Black muscle and acknowledges the pioneering work of Black folk, especially Black women, in the fight for reparation.“

Montero says:

“Central to this tale also is how Black activists in the early 2000s, starting with a lawyer named Deadria Farmer Paellmann, sought out these truths, and how she revealed the origins of modern-day corporations as rooted in the bedrock of Black enslavement. She and other activists pushed corporations for the first time to acknowledge their complicity and provide restorative justice.“

This shout out is greatly appreciated. Also, in light of the challenges to securing a federal reparations law, Montero’s book is a necessary tool in the fight for reparatory justice today. Preview the book on Google.

— Deadria Farmer-Paellmann