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I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Edinburgh
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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