We know that at least 43 people were enslaved by Zion’s founding families. These children of God were taken far from their African homeland. They had dignity that was denied. They deserved justice that was withheld from them. It was wrong.

We confess that Zion was founded with wealth created by the forced labor of enslaved people. We confess that over the course of Zion’s history we allowed ourselves to forget them.

We remember them here and now.

We commit to defending their memory, and protecting the dignity of every human being. As the people of Zion, we seek to be faithful to the journey toward justice.