IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 517 
Supporting the designation of a ‘‘Slavery Remembrance Day’’ on August 
20, 2021, to serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
BROWN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. LURIA, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BASS, Mr. MFUME, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
STRICKLAND, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Ms. CHU, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MENG, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. JEFFRIES) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of a ‘‘Slavery Remembrance Day’’ 
on August 20, 2021, to serve as a reminder of the 
evils of slavery. 
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Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original Slavery 
Remembrance Day Resolution of 2021’’; 
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes August 20, 
2021, as ‘‘Slavery Remembrance Day’’ and commemo-
rates the lives of all enslaved people while also con-
demning the act and perpetuation of slavery in the 
United States of America and across the world; 
Whereas we posthumously recognize the following Members 
of Congress, who served during and after the Reconstruc-
tion era, as honorary cosponsors of this resolution: the 
Honorable Joseph Hayne Rainey (SC–01), Member of 
Congress from 1870 to 1879, Jefferson Franklin Long 
(GA–04), Member of Congress from January 1871 to 
March 1871, Robert Carlos De Large (SC–02), Member 
of Congress from 1871 to 1873, Robert Brown Elliott 
(SC–3), Member of Congress from 1871 to 1874, Ben-
jamin Sterling Turner (AL–01), Member of Congress 
from 1871 to 1873, Josiah Thomas Walls (FL-At 
Large), Member of Congress from 1871 to 1876, Alanzo 
Jacob Ransier (SC–02), Member of Congress from 1873 
to 1875, Richard Harvey Cain (SC-At Large), Member of 
Congress from 1873 to 1875 and 1877 to 1879, John 
Roy Lynch (MS–06), Member of Congress from 1873 to 
1877 and 1882 to 1883, James Thomas Rapier (AL–02), 
Member of Congress from 1873 to 1875, Jeremiah 
Haralson (AL–01), Member of Congress from 1875 to 
1877, John Adams Hyman (NC–02), Member of Con-
gress from 1875 to 1877, Roberts Smalls (SC–07), Mem-
ber of Congress from 1875 to 1879 and 1882 to 1883 
and 1884 to 1887, James Edward O’hara (NC–02), 
Member of Congress from 1883 to 1887, Herney Plum-
mer Cheatham (NC–02), Member of Congress from 1889 
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to 1893, John Mercer Langston (VA–04), Member of 
Congress from 1890 to 1891, Thomas Ezekiel Miller, 
Member of Congress from 1890 to 1891, George Wash-
ington Murray (SC–01), Member of Congress from 1893 
to 1895 and 1896 to 1897, and George Henry White 
(NC–02), Member of Congress from 1897 to 1901; 
Whereas, on August 20, 1619, the first 20 enslaved Africans 
were brought to what is now Fort Monroe, then Point 
Comfort, in Hampton, Virginia against their will; 
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes August 20, 
2021, as ‘‘Slavery Remembrance Day’’ and commemo-
rates the lives of all enslaved people while also con-
demning the act and perpetuation of slavery in the 
United States of America and across the world; 
Whereas African tribal chiefs captured, enslaved, and sold 
their captives to transatlantic slave traders; 
Whereas, over the period of the Atlantic slave trade, from ap-
proximately 1526 to 1867, millions of humans were ab-
ducted and shipped from Africa, and 10,700,000 arrived 
in the Americas as personal property; 
Whereas the majority of enslaved Africans brought to British 
North America arrived between 1720 and 1780; 
Whereas about 6 percent of African captives were sent di-
rectly to British North America; 
Whereas, by 1825, the population of the United States in-
cluded about one quarter of the people of African descent 
in what has been called the New World; 
Whereas the Middle Passage from West Africa to the West 
Indies was dangerous and horrific for enslaved people; 
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