Sat 26 Jul, 2008
| Tags: Apologies, H.Res. 194, Legislation, Slavery, Steve Cohen |
Politico.com is reporting this morning that the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider an apology for slavery and discrimination next week.
Wed 23 Apr, 2008
| Tags: Abolition, Apologies, Bicentennial, H.R. 3432, H.R. 40, H.Res. 194, John Conyers, Legislation, Reparations, Slave trade, U.S. Congress |
Since last year, there has been a series of legislative developments, at the state and national levels, related to the legacy of slavery and the slave trade. I’ve blogged about each of these efforts separately in the past, but in this entry, I want to offer a quick overview of the various legislative proposals and their current status.
Sun 12 Aug, 2007
| Tags: 1808, Abolition, Apologies, Bicentennial, H.R. 3432, H.R. 40, H.Res. 194, John Conyers, Legislation, Reparations, Slave trade, Slavery, U.S. Congress |
Many people are familiar with H.R. 40, the perennial House bill proposing a commission to examine the legacy of slavery and possible remedies. Rep. John Conyers (D), currently chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has introduced this bill in every Congress since 1989. (The bill number is chosen to reflect the phrase “forty acres and a mule,” which came to symbolize the brief and unrealized promise of compensation to slaves freed after the Civil War.)
There are two other major items pending in the U.S. House which also bear on slavery and the slave trade:
