They talked about slavery and the right to rebel against the government.
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"I'm a firm believer in the U.S. government apologizing because of all the ways in which the government supported and condoned and made slavery possible, " said Browne, who has also traveled to Ghana to see Cape Coast Castle.
The divestment campaign directed against South African apartheid is, to many, a model for the current market activism aimed at the genocide-, slavery-, and terrorist-sponsoring Sudanese governmentand the foreign oil companies like Talisman whose investments are providing the Khartoum regime with economic life-support.
The group encourages public dialogue about slavery by inviting government officials, representatives from citizen sector and white Tuareg leaders to participate in community meetings and public forums.