On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:06:00 +0200, "Gilles Tran"
<gil### [at] agroparistechfr> wrote:

>
>(*) The French town of Nantes is, according to polls, the nicest city in the 
>country. Should we forget that its current prosperity was inherited from the 
>17-18th centuries when being the slave trade capital turned Nanted into a 
>large, wealthy city? Likewise, some of the corporations (banks, 
>industries..) that provided the funds for colonization in the 19th century 
>are still in operation today and wealthy as ever. People die, but capital 
>rolls on.

No we shouldn't {I can think of a few British examples (my home town
was a stop on the "Slave Triangle")} But we shouldn't take personal
responsibility. Just don't compound the problem.
On a personal note when I was working in Kingston (a former slave
colony of ours). A lot of people had a great deal of fun with me, on
the subject of slavery.
 
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Regards
     Stephen

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