
Portugal should apologise for role in slave trade, says its president
[ad_1] Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has said his country should apologise and take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the first time a leader of the southern European nation has suggested such a national apology. From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported…