DPA
Washington, Jun 19: The US Senate offered a formal apology for slavery Thursday, five months after Barack Obama became the country's first African-American president.
The Senate's non-binding resolution "acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery" in the past US history.
It follows a similar apology that was adopted by the lower House of Representatives last year. Many state legislatures have also offered apologies.
A ceremony at the US Capitol is being planned for next month, now that both houses of Congress have adopted resolutions, the Congressional Quarterly reported.