One Man's Approach To Virginia's Apology
for Slavery
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To: All Americans who favor former slave-state governments and the
Federal government offering apologies to African Americans for slavery.
I have extended thanks to Virginia legislators on behalf of African
Americans and other Americans who favor the action taken by the General
Assembly offering an apology for the role Virginia had in slavery.
I have also contacted legislators of my native state of Alabama and
urged them to follow the example of Virginia an offer legislation that
would apologize for the role Alabama had in slavery.
Virginia was the first state to have slaves, when in
1619 Africans were enslaved in Jamestown (Virginia) and the state that
on the eve of the Civil War had the highest number of slaves (490,198
(30.7 percent of her population) and Alabama was the state with the
fourth highest number of slaves, 435.080 (45.1 percent of her
population).
My article, "Virginia's Apology for Slavery Accepted" has appeared
in "The Daily Progress" and other news media. To read this article visit
the website www.authorsden.com
(then click on
"F" and stroll down and click on my name "Uriah Fields." In the upper
left hand of the page click on "Articles" and then click on "Virginia's
Apology for Slavery Accepted." (You can also google in my name "Uriah
Fields" and go to the authorsden.com website.)
Note: You are encouraged to contact legislators of your former
slave-state and urge them to pass legislation that would apologize for
slavery.) You are encouraged to forward this email to your friends.
Thank you.
In Mutuality,
Uriah J. Fields
