Portrait with slave, Musee d'histoire de Nantes, Nantes

Portrait of Dominique Deurbroucq, detail, oil painting, 1753, by Pierre-Bernard Morlot, 1716-80, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The Dutch-born Nantes trader is in his study with his young African slave boy, symbol of his success. Deurbroucq worked as a slave trader twice, in 1734 and 1742, and otherwise traded in armaments and colonial goods. In 1777, there were 700 individuals of Creole or African origin in Nantes. 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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