Minnesota, as a former slave holding state and member of the Confederate States of America, should do this for all of the descendants of those held in slavery within the state boundaries before the Emancipation Proclamation.
“Minnesota, as a former slave holding state and member of the Confederate States of America, should do this for all of the descendants of those held in slavery within the state boundaries before the Emancipation Proclamation.”
Uh...
Obviously you are being sarcastic, but Dred Scott was held as a slave within the present-day boundaries of Minnesota for a time. He lost his lawsuit but gained his freedom before the Civil War began.