U.S. Senate Offers Formal Apology for Slavery

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by Chris McMahon

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Senate approved a fiercely worded resolution Thursday formally apologizing for the “fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery” of African-Americans.

The unanimous voice vote came five months after Barack Obama became the first black US president, and ahead of the June 19 “Juneteenth” celebration of the emancipation of African-Americans at the end of the US Civil War in 1865.

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Tags: emancipation, Juneteenth, Slavery, United States

Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 3:16 pm in News.
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Michael Lee - July 10th, 2009 @ 3:47 pm

While I applaude the work of Congress in issuing this apology, I think it is much too little and extremely too late to be appreciated by those who it actually addresses.

Slaves were held on this continent for nearly 250 years before they were emancipated and this “apology” comes over 140 years after the emancipation.

I think it is shameful that The United States Government dragged its heels for so long in issuing this apology.

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