SRES 540 · 110th Congress · Commemorations
A resolution recognizing the historical significance of the sloop-of-war USS Constellation as a reminder of the participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the United States to end the slave trade.
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EnactedLatest: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9344-9345; text as passed Senate: CR S9344-9345)(2008-09-23)
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Expresses support for the USS Constellation, a 153-year-old warship berthed in Baltimore, Maryland, as an appropriate site for the nation to commemorate, in 2008, the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.…
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