[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Res. 487 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 487

   Relating to the emancipation of African slaves in the Danish West 
             Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1998

    Ms. Christian-Green (for herself, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Frank of 
   Massachusetts, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Filner, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Watts of 
Oklahoma, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Frost, 
 and Mr. Dixon) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Relating to the emancipation of African slaves in the Danish West 
             Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands.

Whereas the annual observance of Emancipation Day on July 3 and National 
        Independence Day on July 4 serves to connect Virgin Islanders and all 
        Americans to their past and to reinforce their unwavering commitment to 
        preserve, protect, and defend human rights and freedom: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the emancipation of African slaves in what is now the United States 
Virgin Islands is part of the process of extending civil rights to all 
individuals in what is now the United States.
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