Ceremony remembers slaves who perished crossing the Atlantic

Saturday, June 9, 2007

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Offerings of water, honey and rum will be poured along the shores of South Carolina and New York on Saturday, honoring the millions of Africans who died crossing the Atlantic during the slave trade.

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