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New Jersey Apologizes for Slavery

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery, as legislators approved a resolution Monday expressing "profound regret" for the state's role in the practice.

The Assembly and the Senate 29-2 both voted overwhelmingly to approve the resolution, which expresses the Legislature's opinion without requiring action by the governor.

"This resolution does nothing more than say New Jersey is sorry about its shameful past," said Assemblyman William Payne, a Democrat who sponsored the measure.

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Psssst...don't tell teh gator.   :-)   :whatever:

lastparker:
As an old friend told me years ago, "Give me a slave, and then I'll apologize to him."

Ptarmigan:
That's just stupid. Slavery is banned. We already did slave reparations called Liberia and Sierra Leone and Civil War. I have yet hear an apology from Japan when it came to enslaving Koreans during World War II.

jtyangel:
 :banghead: I mean, I just can't say anything else. Idjits!

Bondai:
No comment..... :censored: :censored:

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