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H.R. 196

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National Slave Memorial Act
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Committee
Latest Action · February 12, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Congress
108th (2003–2005)
Introduced
January 7, 2003
Cosponsors (23)
19D 4R
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National Slave Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Foundation for African American Heritage to establish, in the District of Columbia, a memorial to slavery to: (1) acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies; and (2) honor the nameless and forgotten men, women, and children who have gone unrecognized for their undeniable and weighty U.S. contribution.

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