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Source: Historians Against Slavery

6-6-16

The French are coming to grips with their history as a slavery power

“Mapping Memories of Enslavement,” a project whose website has just launched, hopes to facilitate the analysis and commemoration of this history and its continuing effects.

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The French are coming to grips with their history as a slavery power