(Please see our article “Slavery Bonds ?”, in our ECONOMICS section.)

Those signing the letter formed an unlikely alliance, including Republican Congressmen Dick Armey and Henry Hyde and Democrats Tom Lantos and Donald Payne, plus 20 other Members of Congress from both major parties.

All 39 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus sent a separate letter to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, calling for passage of the Sudan Peace Act: "The Congressional Black Caucus considers the struggle in Sudan in much the same way as the struggle against the apartheid regime of South Africa."

To read the full text of this letter and for additional information, please visit: http://www.iAbolish.org