Krystel Gualde, Musee d'histoire de Nantes, Nantes, France

Krystel Gualde, author of Nantes and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 2017, and scientific director at the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Behind is the portrait of Marguerite Deurbroucq, oil painting, 1753, by Pierre-Bernard Morlot, 1716-80, showing the wife of Dominique Deurbroucq, a trader, wearing a fashionable silk dress, with a pet parrot, served by a black slave who brings sugar for her coffee. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen