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Assembly Bill A2975

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state

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2011-A2975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1374
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislature
Laws Affected:
Add ยง32-a, Chap 137 of 1817
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1300, S5646, S4738
2013-2014: A2769, S1272
2015-2016: A3847, S2462
2017-2018: S5090
2019-2020: S2220
2021-2022: S3387
2023-2024: S1431
2025-2026: S1660

2011-A2975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to acknowledging that the institution of slavery was an appalling tragedy in the history of this state.

2011-A2975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2975

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WRIGHT, ROBINSON, PERRY, GOTTFRIED, JEFFRIES,
  CAHILL,  MILLMAN,  ROSENTHAL,  ORTIZ,  CAMARA,  BENEDETTO,  J. RIVERA,
  BOYLAND,  COOK,  LAVINE,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  BARRON,  PRETLOW,  CLARK --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.    BRENNAN,  FARRELL,  GLICK,  GUNTHER,
  MAGEE,  MAISEL,  McENENY,  MORELLE,  O'DONNELL,  PHEFFER, SCARBOROUGH,
  SWEENEY, TITUS, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to amend chapter 137 of the laws of 1817 relating to slaves and
  servants, in relation to acknowledging the tragedy of slavery  in  New
  York state

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Chapter 137 of the laws of  1817  relating  to  slaves  and
servants is amended by adding a new section XXXII-a to read as follows:
  S  XXXII-A.    ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT  SLAVERY,  THE TRANSATLANTIC AND THE
DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE WERE APPALLING TRAGEDIES IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK
STATE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR ABHORRENT BARBARISM BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF
THEIR MAGNITUDE, ORGANIZED NATURE AND ESPECIALLY THEIR NEGATION  OF  THE
HUMANITY OF THE ENSLAVED PERSON. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
FURTHER  ACKNOWLEDGES  THAT  THE  INSTITUTIONS  OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE
TRADE IN ENSLAVED PERSONS ARE NOW AND SHOULD  ALWAYS  HAVE  BEEN  CRIMES
AGAINST THIS STATE AS WELL AS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK FORMALLY APOLOGIZES FOR ITS ROLE IN SANCTIONING,
EXPLOITING AND PERPETUATING SLAVERY  AND  ITS  VESTIGES,  INCLUDING  THE
ENACTMENT  OF  SLAVE  CODES  THAT  CREATED THE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF
CHILDREN, AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THEIR FAMILIES AS  PERSONIFIED  BY  THE
LIFE AND LEGACY OF SOJOURNER TRUTH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02763-01-1

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