Bill Clinton: “It wasn't so very long ago in the whole sweep of human history that…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1998

It wasn't so very long ago in the whole sweep of human history that their ancestors were yanked from the shores of western Africa as slaves.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the TechnoServe/Peace Corps Project Site in Accra

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