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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Massachusetts</title>
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		<title>Exposing the role of New England in slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/03/exposing-the-role-of-new-england-in-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our toughest challenges in presenting Traces of the Trade is to help audiences acknowledge the often-hidden complicity in slavery, not merely of our slave-trading family, but of all of New England (and, indeed, the entire nation).
Tonight, I&#8217;m attending a screening and discussion of the documentary in Concord, Massachusetts, hosted by the Drinking Gourd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing held on Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/hearing-held-on-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I previewed last month, the Massachusetts state legislature held a hearing yesterday on state representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law.
Update: Governor Deval Patrick has commented that while he hasn&#8217;t read the bill, he agrees that &#8220;we have some unfinished work about some injustices that goes back generations.&#8221;
H 3148 would make Massachusetts the fifth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing set for Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/hearing-set-for-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I wrote about Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law. At that time, I indicated that Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts &#38; Cultural Development should hold a public hearing later in the year.
The committee has now scheduled a public hearing for Monday, October 5 at 1:00pm at which testimony will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland considers slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/maryland-considers-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Maryland is currently considering a slavery-era disclosure law, similar to the one now pending in Massachusetts and previously adopted in several other states.
The bill is sponsored by Maryland state senator Lisa Gladden (D-Baltimore), and was the subject of a hearing yesterday before the Senate Finance Committee in Annapolis.
The legislation would require insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts considers slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/02/massachusetts-considers-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts state representative Byron Rushing has re-introduced his slavery-era disclosure law, &#8220;An Act Relative to the History of Slavery in the Commonwealth.&#8221;
Rushing&#8217;s bill would require companies doing business with the state to research and report their connections to slavery (and those of any predecessor companies) prior to 1889. The secretary of state, in turn, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Humanities screens Traces of the Trade</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/08/mass-humanities-screens-traces-of-the-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2008/08/mass-humanities-screens-traces-of-the-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities will sponsor a series of screenings of Traces of the Trade around the state.
The discussion series, &#8220;Traces of the Trade: Massachusetts and the Economy of Slavery,&#8221; commemorates the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade. Each event will feature a screening of the new, 55-minute discussion [...]]]></description>
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