WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville | News-7 Poll: Slavery apology issue shows racial division
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Two-thirds of Virginians in the WDBJ7 viewing area say Virginia should not issue a formal apology for slavery.
Some Virginia lawmakers have proposed a resolution apologizing for more than two centuries of slavery, which ended with the Civil War.
SurveyUSA polled 500 adults in the News-7 viewing area this week and found that 67% of them are against the idea of an apology. However a majority of blacks responding to the survey (58%) believe an apology is a good idea.
| Do you think the state of Virginia should? Or should not? issue a formal apology for slavery? |
| 24% | Should |
| 67% | Should Not |
| 9% | Not Sure |
