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:: Monday, July 14, 2003 :: This is an excerpt from President Bush's speech delivered last Tuesday on Goree Island. While it is not as forcefull as I might have wished, nor does it address the horrors of the present day slave trade, I hope that it inspires you to read the whole thing.In America, enslaved Africans learned the story of the exodus from Egypt and set their own hearts on a promised land of freedom. Enslaved Africans discovered a suffering Savior and found he was more like themselves than their masters. Enslaved Africans heard the ringing promises of the Declaration of Independence and asked the self-evident question: Then why not me?
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