,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ffc  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,augu/ #be1 #bjbc,mr4 
,c>t] ( ,l\isiana submitt$ ! foll[+     
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ! ,judici>y  ,,resolution  ,condemn+
 ! atrocities t occurr$ 9 #ahaa1 9      
,l\isiana1 9 :i* enslav$ p revolt$ =    
fre$om & 7 brutaliz$1 t]roriz$1 & kill$ 
9 response1 & reaffirm+ ! commitm5t ( ! 
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives 9 combat+ hatr$1
 inju/ice1 & ,:ite supremacy4  ,:]eas   
human be+s 7 sy/ematically tak5 f !     
cont95t ( ,africa & aga9/ _! w =c$ onto 
%ips ?r\gh :at is kn[n today z ! middle 
passage2 ,:]eas ! horrific act ( slav]y 
impact$ race relations 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 & %ap$ ! geographic1 political1 social1
 & economic conditions ( ,black p 9 ways
 t are /ill relevant today2 ,:]eas slave
 labor 0 critical to ! function+ ( _m   
f>ms & plantations & !re=e 0 critical to
 ! developm5t ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates economy 
z a :ole2 ,:]eas1 9 #ahaa1 f ,janu>y #h 
to ,janu>y #aj1 ! l>ge/ slave upris+ 9 !

 ,unit$ ,/ates occurr$ 9 ,l\isiana2     
,:]eas ! slave revolt 0 l$ by an enslav$
 p]son by ! "n ( ,*>les ,deslondes f !  
,de/rehan ,plantation2 ,:]eas !         
insurrection began at ! plantation (    
,manuel ,&ry 9 ,/4 ,john ! ,bapti/      
,p>i%2 ,:]eas #ejj enslav$ p rebell$    
aga9/ _! own]s & walk$ d[n/ream t[>d    
,new ,orleans recruit+ additional       
enslav$ p2 ,:]eas ! enslav$ p 7 /opp$   
:]e :at is n[ kn[n z ,jeff]son ,p>i%    
aft] a r\gh battle aga9/ ! local militia
 & troops "u ! comm& ( ,g5]al ,wade     
,hampton2 ,:]eas _m enslav$ p 7 kill$   
dur+ ! alt]cation or deem$ miss+2 ,:]eas
 doz5s ( enslav$ p 7 condemn$ to dea?1  
execut$1 & behead$ at ! plantations to  
:i* !y belong$2 ,:]eas ! heads 7 plant$ 
on /akes at places :]e ea* ( ! enslav$ p
 _h und]gone puni%m5t2 ,:]eas 9 ,new    
,orleans1 ,/4 ,*>les p>i%1 ,/4 ,john !  
,bapti/ ,p>i% & ,/4 ,james ,p>i% p 7    
execut$ f ! ,jacques ,deslondes         
,plantation2 & ,:]eas ! treatm5t (      
enslav$ p cont9u$ to be horr5d\s 9      

nature1 includ+ exploitation1 family    
sep>ation1 rape1 torture1 & degradation1
 among o!r cruelties3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x--
 ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--  7#a7   
condemns ! acts ( *attel slav]y aga9/   
human lives & ackn[l$ges ! la/+ impact t
 ?is incid5t has _h on ! ,black         
community ar\nd ! ,nation & 9 ,l\isiana2
  7#b7 honors ! memory ( ! brave s\ls :o
 /ood up aga9/ ,:ite supremacy & dem&$  
fre$om2  7#c7 expresses support = !     
designation ( a national day (          
remembrance = ! victims ( =c$ migration 
( ,black p ?r\gh\t ,unit$ ,/ates hi/ory2
 &  7#d7 reaffirms ! commitm5t ( !      
,f$]al ,gov]nm5t to combat ,:ite        
supremacy & seek reconciliation = racial
 inju/ice4