American historian R.R. Palmer opined that the abolition of slavery in the United States without compensation to the former slave owners was an "annihilation of individual property rights without parallel...in the history of the Western world".
Sejarawan AS, R.R. Palmer berpendapat bahwa penghapusan perbudakan di AS tanpa kompensasi kepada para pemilik budak adalah "penghapusan hak-hak kepemilikan pribadi yang tidak ada padanannya di sejarah Dunia Barat" .