Trump condemns slavery in Jamestown speech amid controversy over prior incendiary remarks


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  • Wednesday, 31 Jul 2019

Museum employees look on as U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a tour of the James Fort Replica at the Jamestown Settlement Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S., July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

JAMESTOWN, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, under fire in Washington for verbal attacks on racial minority lawmakers, condemned American slavery on Tuesday at the 400th anniversary of the first legislative assembly in Virginia.

Trump gave a scripted speech at the site of the first legislative assembly in Jamestown, Virginia, after touring the Jamestown church and a mock 1619 village.

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