File #: R-47-19    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 11/8/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/18/2019 Final action: 11/18/2019
Title: Slavery - 1619 - The Beginning of America's Unforgettable Sin - For the purpose of recognizing the beginning of an excruciatingly horrendous period in the history of America and in the history of the City of Annapolis that began exactly 400 years ago in 1619; recognizing the unbelievable pain that continues; and pledging to chart a path moving forward.
Sponsors: Rhonda Pindell Charles, Elly Tierney, Gavin Buckley, Marc Rodriguez, Dajuan K. Gay, Rob Savidge, Sheila Finlayson, Ross Arnett
Attachments: 1. R-47-19 Slavery - 1619 400th Anniversary First Reader.pdf, 2. R-47-19 SIGNED.pdf
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Slavery - 1619 - The Beginning of America's Unforgettable Sin - For the purpose of recognizing the beginning of an excruciatingly horrendous period in the history of America and in the history of the City of Annapolis that began exactly 400 years ago in 1619; recognizing the unbelievable pain that continues; and pledging to chart a path moving forward.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Resolution R-47-19

Introduced by: Alderwoman Pindell Charles, Alderwoman Tierney,
Mayor Buckley, Alderman Rodriguez, Alderman Gay, Alderman Savidge,
Alderwoman Finlayson, Alderman Arnett, and Alderman Paone

A RESOLUTION concerning

Slavery - 1619 - The Beginning of America's Unforgettable Sin

FOR the purpose of recognizing the beginning of an excruciatingly horrendous period in the history of America and in the history of the City of Annapolis that began exactly 400 years ago in 1619; recognizing the unbelievable pain that continues; and pledging to chart a path moving forward.

WHEREAS, The first 19 or so Africans to reach the English colonies, many from Sub-Sahara Africa, arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, were brought here to these shores in bondage by English privateers who seized them from their African homeland; and

WHEREAS, This practice has also been described as "The MAAFA, which is a Kiswahili term for "terrible occurrence" or "great disaster," and has also been referenced by very well respected scholars as "The Black Holocaust" when millions of Africans died during the journey of captivity from the west coast of Africa to the shores of America, known as the Middle Passage"; and

WHEREAS, Slavery-human trafficking-became the legal institution of human chattel in America; and

WHEREAS, Slaves were treated as legal forms of property and could be bought, sold, or given away like any other personal property, and, such as a horse, could be worked and bred; and

WHEREAS, Slaves were required to perform harsh and backbreaking work, combined ...

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