The Receipts Are In: Fulton's Report on Reparations

The Receipts Are In: Fulton’s Report on Reparations

January 12, 2026

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📚 The Receipts Are In. The Truth Is Documented.

The Fulton County Reparations Task Force didn’t speculate — it documented.

Their 636-page report shows that Fulton County’s early prosperity was built on bondage, with taxes on enslaved people providing 20–30% of county revenue. Those dollars funded roads, courthouses, jails, and salaries for public officials.

After slavery, exploitation didn’t end — it evolved.
• Georgia’s first county chain gang was created in Fulton in 1876
• 86% of recorded convicts were Black in the first 40 years
• Enslaved labor was replaced with unpaid convict labor
• The county’s growth continued — on forced Black labor

The report estimates that Black convict laborers lost between $4.6 BILLION and $13.6 BILLION in wages and generational wealth.

This isn’t about blame.

It’s about truth, accountability, and repair.
I’m proud to have authored the legislation creating the Fulton County Reparations Task Force, secured $250,000 to complete this report, and passed the resolution to extend their work so real recommendations can now be made.

You can’t fix what you refuse to face.
And Fulton County is finally facing the truth.
The work continues.

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