cliaz Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story.a...91-b60ea7c57361 Maryland Senate approves resolution apologizing for slavery ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Just blocks from a dock where enslaved men and women arrived in chains more than 240 years ago, Maryland's Senate today unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for slavery. The resolution expresses "profound regret" for the role Maryland played instituting and maintaining slavery and for -- quote -- "the discrimination that was slavery's legacy." Resolution sponsor Nathaniel Exum says he believes the measure is needed because no one has ever apologized for the pain slavery caused in Maryland from its earliest days as a colony until 1864. The state senator says he feels a formal apology can improve race relations "if everyone takes it to heart." A similar resolution is pending in the House. If it passes there, Maryland would be the second state to issue such an apology. Virginia's legislature passed a resolution last month also expressing "profound regret" for that state's role in slavery. Edited March 19, 2007 by cliaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I thought the inside of this thread was going to say "lost to Butler". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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