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On the recordApril 6, 2010
It's important for all Virginians to understand that the institution of slavery led to this war and was an evil and inhumane practice that deprived people of their God-given inalienable rights.

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Bob McDonnell acknowledges the significance of slavery in a revised proclamation after criticism.

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