Connecticut Lawmakers Consider State Apology for Slavery

[Chris_]

Connecticut Lawmakers Consider State Apology for Slavery

HARTFORD, Conn. —  Connecticut legislators are considering making their state the first in New England to apologize for slavery and other racist policies of old.

A legislative committee is hearing testimony on the resolution Monday.

The resolution says slavery was practiced in Connecticut from the 17th through 19th centuries. There were about 5,100 slaves in the Connecticut colony by the mid-1770s. That's about 3 percent of the population at the time.

The resolution also urges schools and organizations to acknowledge Connecticut's evolution from a colony to a leading state in the abolition movement.

New Jersey last year became the first Northern state to apologize for slavery. Five other states have done so.

Good to see they've got nothing more important to do than this.   

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Exactly how many former slaves are living in the US these days?

[Eupher]

This kind of shit goes right up there with "It Is The Sense of Congress" bullshit that we pay those idiots to write.

[NHSparky]

Yes, were I living in CT, I'd feel guilty for what my ancestors did in that slave state 150 years ago...

Oh wait.  My ancestors weren't even in this country 160 years ago.  Come to think of it, CT wasn't a slave state either.

Ho hum.

[JohnnyReb]

Yes, were I living in CT, I'd feel guilty for what my ancestors did in that slave state 150 years ago...

Oh wait.  My ancestors weren't even in this country 160 years ago.  Come to think of it, CT wasn't a slave state either.
Ho hum.

They were around 1800.