*Charleston, South Carolina, where nearly half of all slaves brought to the United States first set foot on American soil, will finally offer an apology for its substantial role in the slave trade, reports The Associated Press.
The resolution, expected to be passed today by the Charleston City Council, only offers a denouncement of the “deprivation of life, human dignity and constitutional protections” of slaves.
But its symbolism cannot be ignored. The Council meets in City Hall, built by slaves. They sit less than a mile from the old wharf where slave ships unloaded — soon to be the site of a $75 million African-American history museum.
Tuesday is also “Juneteenth,” a celebration of slavery’s end.
The National Park Service says about 40 percent of African slaves entered the U.S. through Charleston.
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