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.

Click here to read the rest of the article

Help spread freedom
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • del.icio.us
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Tags: , , ,


Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 3:16 pm in News.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

 
One Response
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.

Post Your Comment -*All fields marked with an asterisk are required.

  • Archives

  • In the News

  • Recent Comments

  • Stephen P: The fact is the new law is unhelpful all round. It provides a strong disincentive for sex workers’...
  • Lawrence Charles Treagesser(Tragesser), SR: My grandfather served in the USMC 1916-1924. Died in California in apprx...
  • ETHYL JOHNSTON: MOTHER OF JAMES, ROSE, ALLEY COLLETTE, HAD TO PUT HER CHILDREN IN THE COOKSTON HILL ORPHANAGE IN THE...
  • JAMES SANFORD COLLETTE: JAMES HAD ONE BROTHER, ALLEY(ALLIE)COLLETTE. ONE SISTER ROSE COLLETTE BARRETT. ALLEY WAS LOST...
  • JAMES SANFORD COLLETTE: HIS FATHERS NAME WAS SAMUEL J. COLLETTE. HE WAS ON ELLIS ISLAND CAME FROM ITALILY. HE DIED...

Join our Newsletter