"We must not speak of the slave trade and slavery in past tense terms," he said at a memorial service here Thursday.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Jesse Jackson Says Britain Should Apologize for Slavery
The slave trade officially was abolished in the British Empire in 1807, but Jackson said Britain today rests on the profits generated by the trade, and the government should apologize for it.
"We must not speak of the slave trade and slavery in past tense terms," he said at a memorial service here Thursday.
"We must not speak of the slave trade and slavery in past tense terms," he said at a memorial service here Thursday.
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