Connecticut issues apology for slavery
Posted June 5th, 2009 by James DeWolf PerryThe state of Connecticut this week became the first New England state to apologize for its role in slavery.
The apology took the form of a joint resolution of the state’s General Assembly. In the resolution, the legislature expressed “profound contrition” for the state’s troubled role in slavery and the slave trade and vowed to “work for the elimination of residual structures of racism that continue to exist in our state.”
Connecticut is the eighth state to apologize for slavery in the last two years, and only the second northern state (after New Jersey).
For more information about the apology and the historical role which Connecticut played in slavery, please see here and here.
