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2007 SESSION
SJ 332 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
Introduced by: Henry L. Marsh III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Resolution; Acknowledging the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calling for reconciliation. Acknowledges with profound regret, on behalf of the Commonwealth, the slavery of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calls for reconciliation among all Virginians. This resolution is identical to HJR 728 (McEachin).
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Resolution; Acknowledging with contrition the involuntary servitude of Africans and calling for reconciliation. Acknowledges with contrition, on behalf of the Commonwealth, the slavery of Africans, and calls for racial reconciliation. This resolution notes the history of the American slave trade and the subsequent legal and social structures throughout the nation that deprived African Americans of their inalienable rights and states that healing and reconciliation are possible with the acknowledgement of past grievous indignities and injustices.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Resolution; Atoning for the involuntary servitude of Africans and calling for reconciliation. Expresses the General Assembly's atonement, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for the slavery of Africans, and calls for racial reconciliation. This resolution notes the history of the American slave trade and the subsequent legal and social structures throughout the nation that deprived African Americans of their inalienable rights and states that healing and reconciliation are possible with the acknowledgement of past grievous indignities and injustices.