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Nebraska Could Soon Apologize For Slavery
Resolution Would Express 'Profound Regret'
March 21, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska could become first state west of the Mississippi to apologize for slavery if lawmakers approve a resolution to express "profound regret" and sympathies to those who were enslaved and their descendants.

Nebraska was a center of turmoil over slavery, according to the resolution, because Iowa was a free state and Missouri was a slave state.

Legislators in New Jersey, Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia have issued formal apologies for slavery.
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The resolution (LR284) from Sen. Dwite Pedersen of Omaha said the measure is not intended to be used in any type of litigation.

T.J.B.