Florida apologizes for slavery


	Florida apologizes for slavery

masbury

3-27-2008 7:42 PM

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race, politics, slavery, florida

masbury says:

Bravo.

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3-28-2008 3:45 AM

deb2012

Surprisingly, my 17 year old daughter (a budding libertarian who idolizes Ayn Rand) was watching that session from the audience that day and found the ceremony "hokey and possibly disingenuos"---teenage cynicism in da house!

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