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Fulton County reparations task force delivers 650‑page harm report; commissioners vote to extend work
Summary
The Fulton County Reparations Task Force presented a 650‑page Harm Report documenting centuries of harms from slavery, taxes, convict labor and land dispossession and urging a repair phase. The commission accepted the findings, authorized the task force to meet remotely and approved extensions to continue work.
The Fulton County Reparations Task Force on Wednesday presented a 650‑page Harm Report to the Board of Commissioners, documenting how slavery, racialized taxation, convict labor and land dispossession produced long‑term economic and social harms in the county.
Task force chair Dr. Karshek Sims Alvarado told commissioners, "The name of the report is called the Fulton County Reparations Task Force Harm Report," and said the team had used county tax digests, court files and archival material to compile its findings. The report, she said, calculates historical revenue tied to the taxation of enslaved people and traces a sequence of policies and practices that…
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