Unfortunately, the practice of advertising

Unfortunately, the practice of advertising for slaves was commonplace in newspapers prior to abolition. We are not proud of that part of our history and apologize for any involvement by our predecessors at The Courant in the terrible practice of buying and selling human beings that took place in previous centuries.
The Hartford Courant, the United States' oldest newspaper in continuous publication, ran a front page apology for slavery on July 4th.
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