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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: University apologizes for using slaves to build school |
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University apologizes for using slaves to build school
POSTED: 7:15 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2007
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (AP) -- The University of Virginia's board marked founder Thomas Jefferson's birthday with an apology for the school's use of slave labor between 1819 and 1865.
The board of visitors unanimously passed an apology resolution on April 13, the 264th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, but did not announce the action until Tuesday.
The measure was inspired by the Virginia Legislature, which passed a resolution in February expressing its "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery. Legislatures in Maryland and North Carolina approved similar slavery apologies this year, and another measure is under consideration in Alabama.
Slaves in Virginia helped build some of the first buildings at University of Virginia, which opened in 1825, and the university continued to use slave labor for four decades after that.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/04/25/university.slavery.ap/index.html |
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