| Statement Type | Apology |
| Date of Statement | 23/08/2007 |
| Issuing Body | Western Government/City/Municipal Authority |
| Apology & Regret Statements | “As mayor I offer an apology on behalf of London and its institutions for their role in the transatlantic slave trade. Some say that recognising such a crime is a form of – and I quote – ‘national self hate’. But the late Senator Bobby Kennedy often quoted the French writer Albert Camus who wrote: ‘I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice’.” He contnued by saying, “It was the racial murder of not just those who were transported but generations of enslaved African men, women and children. To justify this murder and torture black people had to be declared inferior or not human. We live with the consequences today.” |
| Verification Source | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/aug/24/london.humanrights |
| Submitted by | AFFORD |
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