The 1865 Savannah delegation spanned enslaved, self-purchased, and free-born black men

Evidence

Among the delegation of twenty black men, primarily from Georgia and South Carolina, was great diversity. Nine had remained in bondage until the Union Army entered their states, three had bought their freedom outright, three had been emancipated by will following their enslavers’ deaths, and five were born free. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 8

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims