Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ connections 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 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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