French Man, 86, Apologizes for Family's Transatlantic Slavery Role
An 86-year-old French man has issued a historic apology for his family's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, becoming the first in France to formally do so. This gesture acknowledges his ancestors' significant role in the slave trade.
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French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ allegiances to slavery An 86-year-old man has issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family’s role in transatlantic slavery. Pierre Guillon de Prince’s ancestors, based in Nantes, which was the country’s largest port for transatlantic slavery, were shipowners who transported about 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean. Continue r...
By Nadeem Badshah and Reuters
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