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All businesses entering into contracts with the city must sift through their records and report any business they had dealing with slaves during the era of slavery.


Background information (if available):


Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance (Source: Downey, Sarah. Slavery Disclosure Time. Newsweek. January 27, 2003.)

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