Barack Obama: “I was reminded of all the pain and all the hardships, all the…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009

I was reminded of all the pain and all the hardships, all the injustices and all the indignities on the voyage from slavery to freedom.

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President Obama shares his reflections on the historical injustices faced by enslaved Africans.

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