The city of Charleston South Carolina formally apologizes for its role in slavery

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Charleston formally apologizes for its role in slavery

A southern city is formally apologizing for its dark past.

Charleston, South Carolina, has approved a resolution that condemns and apologizes for the centuries of human slavery that were supported and promoted by its former lawmakers. The city council's 12 members voted 7-5 to adopt the symbolic resolution Tuesday night, coinciding with "Juneteenth," the celebratory anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The port city played a major role in the Atlantic slave trade. Nearly half of the people who were abducted from their homes in Africa and shipped to the United States to be sold into slavery took their first steps on American soil in Charleston. Slaves made up almost half of the city's population before the start of the American Civil War, according to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

"This is the modern city council which feels the need to make an apology for the institution of slavery in the city of Charleston," Charleston councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who helped author and shepherd the resolution, told ABC News in a telephone interview before Tuesday's vote.



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Charleston formally apologizes for its role in slavery

A southern city is formally apologizing for its dark past.

Charleston, South Carolina, has approved a resolution that condemns and apologizes for the centuries of human slavery that were supported and promoted by its former lawmakers. The city council's 12 members voted 7-5 to adopt the symbolic resolution Tuesday night, coinciding with "Juneteenth," the celebratory anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The port city played a major role in the Atlantic slave trade. Nearly half of the people who were abducted from their homes in Africa and shipped to the United States to be sold into slavery took their first steps on American soil in Charleston. Slaves made up almost half of the city's population before the start of the American Civil War, according to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

"This is the modern city council which feels the need to make an apology for the institution of slavery in the city of Charleston," Charleston councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who helped author and shepherd the resolution, told ABC News in a telephone interview before Tuesday's vote.



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This would be breaking news if the dead could talk..



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First a formal acknowledgment of the wrong committed, then an apology.

A step in the right direction....

So in your mind neocons take over a city now they want to apologise and speak for the dead?

You do understand that's what Obamas appoligize tour was all about right, he was trying to think he was speaking for all past president's


And knew what they were thinking and when they died they changed their minds and told obama ..go on a appoligize tour of the world..
 
Damn now Harry Houdini is spinning in his grave...he should of been mayor of Charleston..

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Charleston formally apologizes for its role in slavery

A southern city is formally apologizing for its dark past.

Charleston, South Carolina, has approved a resolution that condemns and apologizes for the centuries of human slavery that were supported and promoted by its former lawmakers. The city council's 12 members voted 7-5 to adopt the symbolic resolution Tuesday night, coinciding with "Juneteenth," the celebratory anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The port city played a major role in the Atlantic slave trade. Nearly half of the people who were abducted from their homes in Africa and shipped to the United States to be sold into slavery took their first steps on American soil in Charleston. Slaves made up almost half of the city's population before the start of the American Civil War, according to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

"This is the modern city council which feels the need to make an apology for the institution of slavery in the city of Charleston," Charleston councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who helped author and shepherd the resolution, told ABC News in a telephone interview before Tuesday's vote.



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Right now Republicans across the south are drawing up laws that state 'No city or state employee shall apologize for anything at any time'. Batshit knows no limits.
 
Charleston formally apologizes for its role in slavery

A southern city is formally apologizing for its dark past.

Charleston, South Carolina, has approved a resolution that condemns and apologizes for the centuries of human slavery that were supported and promoted by its former lawmakers. The city council's 12 members voted 7-5 to adopt the symbolic resolution Tuesday night, coinciding with "Juneteenth," the celebratory anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The port city played a major role in the Atlantic slave trade. Nearly half of the people who were abducted from their homes in Africa and shipped to the United States to be sold into slavery took their first steps on American soil in Charleston. Slaves made up almost half of the city's population before the start of the American Civil War, according to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

"This is the modern city council which feels the need to make an apology for the institution of slavery in the city of Charleston," Charleston councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who helped author and shepherd the resolution, told ABC News in a telephone interview before Tuesday's vote.



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This would be breaking news if the dead could talk..



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You are a racist and you are alive.
 
I'm still waiting for the Democrats to apologize for their Jim Crow laws

Both parties participated in Jim Crow.

Truth. Jim Crow as well as opposition to the civil rights act was endorsed by white SOUTHERN politicians in both parties.

Neither party has clean hands. They are both corrupt.
 
Charleston formally apologizes for its role in slavery

A southern city is formally apologizing for its dark past.

Charleston, South Carolina, has approved a resolution that condemns and apologizes for the centuries of human slavery that were supported and promoted by its former lawmakers. The city council's 12 members voted 7-5 to adopt the symbolic resolution Tuesday night, coinciding with "Juneteenth," the celebratory anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The port city played a major role in the Atlantic slave trade. Nearly half of the people who were abducted from their homes in Africa and shipped to the United States to be sold into slavery took their first steps on American soil in Charleston. Slaves made up almost half of the city's population before the start of the American Civil War, according to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

"This is the modern city council which feels the need to make an apology for the institution of slavery in the city of Charleston," Charleston councilman William Dudley Gregorie, who helped author and shepherd the resolution, told ABC News in a telephone interview before Tuesday's vote.



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Brings to mind when the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution apologizing for supporting racism for much of its history. It reads in part, "We unwaveringly denounce racism in all its forms as deplorable sin: and that we lament and repudiate historic acts of evil such as slavery from which WE CONTINUE TO REAP A BITTER HARVEST."
 
I hate all that junk, and the Anglican church deplored all racism in 1996, why? Because they just lost Hong Kong? To ipso facto suggest, they had a racist empire and they sign and dot and cross the T within a year or two? We just signed over Hong Kong, racism's gonna stop. whatever, how do you APOLOGIZE for nobody even KNOWS this archaeological event of slavery, which was 95% outside the American control of the atlantic slave trade or 95% not arriving in United States. So you see a captive on a ship and buy it , you sir are a good purchase. Just feel-good junk I have no idea what the problem we're all looking at is. ranks up there with outlawing duels. I duel you sir for honor on open field and 300,000 of your closest hearth-maties yar har shiver me timbers.

Don't worry I get it, Barack Obama wins, bringing in help on the Universal shamanism of West Africa's Tribe of America, my only question is, if in the pledge, its, "I pledge allegiance to the stick, of the CONFEDERATE tribes of America, and to the despotism, for which it stands, one Confederacy, under Voodoo, with who do the voodoo, you doo..."
 
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