FranceListe naturalisation, n° 155 · History, geography and culture

Which was the main French port involved in the slave trade in the 18th century?

In the exam (French)

Quel était le principal port français impliqué dans la traite négrière au XVIIIe siècle ?

  1. aMarseilleMarseille
  2. bStrasbourgStrasbourg
  3. cLilleLille
  4. dNantesNantesCorrect answer

Why?

In the 18th century, Nantes was the leading French port of the slave trade: hundreds of expeditions left from there for Africa, then the West Indies. Strasbourg and Lille are not seaports.

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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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