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Post by Miss Rose on Jun 22, 2009 18:11:11 GMT -4
Ladies and Gentlemen~ On June 4, 2009, CT passed a bill... "EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND REGRET OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE HISTORY OF WRONGS INFLICTED UPON BLACK CITIZENS BY MEANS OF SLAVERY, EXPLOITATION AND LEGALIZED RACIAL SEGREGATION, AND CALLING ON ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE PART IN ACTS OF RACIAL RECONCILIATION." Resolved by this Assembly: WHEREAS, involuntary servitude, as practiced within the borders of Connecticut in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries violated the precept that all persons are created equal and denied thousands of people liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the ability to benefit from their own work, and, in many cases, life itself; and WHEREAS, in 1723, the Connecticut colony passed an act to prevent the "Disorder of Negro and Indian Servants and Slaves in the Night Season" that established a nine o'clock p.m. curfew, the violation of which was punishable with a whipping for the servant and a fine for the master; and To read the article in it's entirety go to: www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=LC...
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