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Fulton County task force delivers 636‑page harm report; commissioners accept findings and vote to extend work
Summary
The Fulton County Reparations Task Force presented a detailed 636‑page 'Harm Report' documenting historical and ongoing harms tied to slavery, convict labor and tax policy. The commission accepted the findings, authorized continued meetings by remote means and approved extensions for the repair phase.
The Fulton County Reparations Task Force on Wednesday presented a 636‑page Harm Report tracing how county institutions, private enterprises and public policy built and sustained wealth through slavery, convict leasing, taxation and land dispossession.
Task force chair Karshek Sims Alvarado said the findings document how local tax records, court files and other archival documents show county benefit from slavery-era policies and their economic legacy. "Using Fulton County's own tax digest, court files and other archival documents, this report reveals how county government, state institutions, private enterprises, and individual residents built and sustained wealth through slavery, racialized taxation, convict…
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