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To: tejek who wrote (365298)	1/3/2008 2:39:21 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1571725

Ted, how can this be ?They never had slaves. Lawmakers eye slavery apology TRENTON — New Jersey could become the first Northern state to apologize for slavery under a measure due for a legislative committee hearing this week. "This is not too much to ask of the state of New Jersey," said Assemblyman William D. Payne, the Democrat who sponsored the proposal. "All that is being requested of New Jersey is to say three simple words: 'We are sorry.' " Legislators in Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia have issued formal apologies for slavery. According to the proposal, New Jersey had one of the largest slave populations in the Northern Colonies and was the last state in the Northeast to formally abolish slavery, not doing so until 1846. The state didn't ratify the constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery until January 1866, weeks after it became law, having rejected ratification in 1865. Mr. Payne's measure is set for a hearing today by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. It hasn't received Senate consideration. The legislative session expires Tuesday.