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Your article on the Sept. 29 Slavery Reconciliation Walk of Penitence and Forgiveness, held in Annapolis, prompts clarification on a few matters ("Slavery roles reversed in walk aimed at healing spirits," Metropolitan, Sept. 30). The walk was sponsored by the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, of which I am president, and Lifeline Expedition, a London-based nonprofit group.
First, your readers should know that the Lifeline Expedition whites were not walking as "slaves," nor were the blacks walking as "slave traders," as your writer suggests. The whites, who wore yokes and chains as their chosen symbol of penitence, were walking as penitents. To help ensure that understanding, they all wore armbands in full view that said "Penitent."See the full content of this document
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Reconciliation Walkers, Not 'Slaves'
Also, an African in the Lifeline Expedition team also wore a "Penitent" armband and gave a sti...
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