It is too late to apologise for the West to apologise for the slave trade. What we should do is never forget, and take some action against the modern day slavers, the people trafficers. They are selling people into slavery, forced prostitution and worse.

Britian ended the slave trade in British ships and colonies in 1830, and the Royal Navy kept up anti-slavery patrols off African coasts until at least the First World War. We need a similar effort now, for the good of the people involved, and the country.