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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent and agencies

Joe Biden addresses America’s ‘original sin’ of slavery on Angola visit

Joe Biden.
Joe Biden addressed America’s history of enslavement in a speech on Tuesday at Angola’s National Museum of Slavery. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden addressed America’s history of enslavement in a speech on Tuesday at Angola’s National Museum of Slavery, calling it “our nation’s original sin” during a trip in which he also lauded recent US investment in the region.

“We remember the stolen men and women and children who were brought to our shores in chains, subjected to unimaginable cruelty,” Biden said, as the sun set over the water behind him.

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