Apologies, Reparations, and the Continuing Legacy of the European Slave Trade in the United States

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ID7841766
AutoresAngelique M Davis (0000-0003-0270-4055, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen45
Número4
Páginas271-286
Fecha de publicación2014-05-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0021934714529794
OpenAlexW2122453236
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas10

Since Virginia’s legislative resolution apologizing for slavery in 2007, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina as well as the U.S. House and Senate passed unprecedented legislative resolutions apologizing for their role in the perpetuation of enslavement. This article analyzes the apology resolutions of eight states as well as those of the U.S. House and Senate to argue that their failure to recognize the historical and ongoing effects of the European Slave Trade and slavery on the United States as a whole and, most importantly, the status and well-being of African Americans, or provide any concrete remedial measure raises questions about whether or not they were designed to actually atone for these atrocities

Legislature · Political science · Remedial education · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Race, History, and American Society

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