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Nadeem Badshah and Reuters

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery

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Pierre Guillon de Prince and Dieudonne Boutrin
Pierre Guillon de Prince (left) delivered the apology in Nantes, alongside Dieudonné Boutrin (right), a descendant of enslaved people from Martinique. Photograph: Stéphane Mahé/Reuters

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 were shipowners based in Nantes, the country’s largest port for transatlantic slavery. They transported about 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean.

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