Bicentennial of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade
I congratulate you, fellow citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may … constitutionally … withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of...
View ArticleH.R. 3432 passes in the House
H.R. 3432, which establishes a commission to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade, passed the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. The bill has already been...
View ArticleService of liberation
The bicentennial of the U.S. abolition of the slave trade will be commemorated at a service of liberation at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City on Sunday, January 13. Traces...
View ArticleStatus of H.R. 3432
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 3432, the bill to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade, by unanimous consent. However, before the bill was passed, Sen.Tom...
View ArticleBicentennial of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade
Today, January 1, 2008, marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade. The outlawing of the U.S. slave trade, along with the parallel prohibition by Great Britain (passed only...
View ArticleBicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade
As I’ve noted previously, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade. Thomas Jefferson’s ban on the slave trade on U.S. ships, and to U.S. ports, took effect on...
View ArticleH.R. 3432 becomes law
H.R. 3432, “A bill to establish the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” has now become law. As I reported last month, the House and Senate had passed identical versions of...
View ArticleJohn McCain on the abolition of the slave trade
Few in the United States have taken the opportunity to acknowledge, much less to commemorate, the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the U.S. slave trade in 1808. For this reason, I was pleased to...
View ArticleUnited Nations commemorates slave trade
The U.N. General Assembly, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, has approved a resolution calling for the erection of a permanent memorial in New...
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