Editing Atlantic slave trade (section)

====Benin====
In 1999, President [[Mathieu Kerekou]] of [[Benin]] (formerly the Kingdom of [[Dahomey]]) issued a national apology for the role Africans played in the Atlantic slave trade.<ref name="apology"/> [[Luc Gnacadja]], minister of environment and housing for Benin, later said: "The slave trade is a shame, and we do repent for it."<ref name="dahomey">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/05/01/benin-officials-apologize-for-role-in-us-slave-trade/ |title=Benin Officials Apologize For Role In U.S. Slave Trade |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=1 May 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515162152/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-05-01-0005010158-story.html |archive-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> Researchers estimate that 3&nbsp;million slaves were exported out of the [[Slave Coast of West Africa|Slave Coast]] bordering the [[Bight of Benin]].<ref name="dahomey"/>