The white race paid no price whatsoever for ending slavery. None. They've been patting themselves on the back for having dones so ever since though.
Being white and born in the 40's, I couldn't believe how blacks were treated in a nation which called itself the "Home of the brave, and the land of the Free". Crosses being burned on people's laws. Lynchings. The fight for the black vote. Segregation.
In a nation where all men are created equal?????? Even as a child I could see that "Separate but equal" was flat out bullshit.
Blacks are still fighting for equal treatment under the law, and reparations are still due for all.