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American slavery and the legal right to restitution. Those who argue for reparations believe in equitable relief falsely believing chattel slavery was legal. However in studying the Colonial Charter that issued from England, the Magna Carta, English law adopted by the United States and the Declaration of Independence, it becomes clear that chattel slavery was always extra legal. Criminal acts require restitution.