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BBC NEWS | Europe | France remembers slavery victims

フランスの公使は、初めて通商の犠牲者を正式に追悼したとき、この国は奴隷によって利益を得ていた、と言った。

rip；はぎとる

notorious；よく知られた

venue；開催地

indelible；ぬぐい去れない

homage；敬意

abolition；廃止

reside；ある

bear；持つ

compensation；うめあわせ

undo；元通りにする、取り消す

marginalize；〜を主流から排斥する

labour＝labor

affirmation；断言、肯定

artefact＝artifact；人工物、工芸品

imperative；避けられない

alienate；遠ざける

legislation；法律

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France remembers slavery victims

A French envoy has said her country did profit from slavery as it officially commemorates the victims of the trade for the first time.

"It profited from the commerce in human beings... ripped from the African homeland," Junior Co-operation Minister Brigitte Girardin said in Senegal.

She was visiting a notorious slave island off the coast of Senegal.

In Paris, President Jacques Chirac said facing up to the colonial past was a "key to national cohesion".

He opened an art exhibition in Paris's Luxembourg Gardens while other cities and venues around France held their own ceremonies for Slavery Remembrance Day - the first such event in an EU state.

Wednesday's day of commemoration was ordered by Mr Chirac, on the fifth anniversary of the passing of a law by the French Senate recognising slavery as a crime against humanity.

Hundreds of thousands of slaves were taken by French ships from Africa to plantations in the Caribbean before France banned the practice in 1848.

It was, Mr Chirac said, an "indelible stain on history".

Paying homage

Ms Girardin visited Goree Island along with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.