The link about Greenwood I posted yesterday from NPR said 20 million in modern day USD. They have no real clue what the actual damage was, they just grab whatever number they can and run with it.
Most sources I have seen say $30 million, which really does not seem like a lot. It probably was a lot for a people that 60 years earlier were slaves owning nothing.
We could take compound interest into account, rather than only inflation. But if we do, then the Indians who got $30 for Manhattan could buy all of New York, so it was actually a fair deal.
Yeah, I'm not surprised former slaves who build everything from scratch went "not today motherfuckers" and engaged in a pitched gun battle.
I'm still failing to see where even the black militiamen did anything wrong. Maybe shooting at the National Guard was a bad idea, but if you really think the white people have gone crazy and are trying to kill everyone, I'm not really gonna be surprised if you tell me that they shot at the National Guard.
Like, if you told me that Japanese citizens shot at US soldiers who were trying to intern them, my answer would be: "obviously".
I would say that the damage is at least "very substantial".
Considering the level of gunfire, and the amount of buildings set ablaze without the ability of the fire department to put out fires in predominately wooden structures, I'd have to assume we're looking at some Watts level destruction.
The link about Greenwood I posted yesterday from NPR said 20 million in modern day USD. They have no real clue what the actual damage was, they just grab whatever number they can and run with it.
Most sources I have seen say $30 million, which really does not seem like a lot. It probably was a lot for a people that 60 years earlier were slaves owning nothing.
We could take compound interest into account, rather than only inflation. But if we do, then the Indians who got $30 for Manhattan could buy all of New York, so it was actually a fair deal.
Yeah, I'm not surprised former slaves who build everything from scratch went "not today motherfuckers" and engaged in a pitched gun battle.
I'm still failing to see where even the black militiamen did anything wrong. Maybe shooting at the National Guard was a bad idea, but if you really think the white people have gone crazy and are trying to kill everyone, I'm not really gonna be surprised if you tell me that they shot at the National Guard.
Like, if you told me that Japanese citizens shot at US soldiers who were trying to intern them, my answer would be: "obviously".
I would say that the damage is at least "very substantial".
Considering the level of gunfire, and the amount of buildings set ablaze without the ability of the fire department to put out fires in predominately wooden structures, I'd have to assume we're looking at some Watts level destruction.