I have reevaluated my position on reparations and now support it.. Under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton, reparations were promised and agreed upon by a group of black leaders in Savannah, GA. But when Andrew Johnson took over, he renegged on that promise.
In corporate law, if a corporate entity under one CEO reaches a binding agreement for a financial payout, and then a future CEO renegs on that agreement, then the corporation itself is not liable. However, the board of.directors can be held liable because they are responsible for the actions of the new CEO.
Andrew Johnson was the new CEO. His board of directors was the Democrat Party. Any obligations for reparations under the original 'Forty acres and a mule' agreement falls squarely upon them.