Slavery museum (France)

In May 2016, President Francois Hollande announced the formation of a foundation to erect a national slavery and Atlantic slave trade memorial and museum ("un musée de l'esclavage"[1]) in Paris, France. Identifying the memorial and museum's purpose, Hollande said, “I wish to give to France an institution it still lacks, a foundation for the memory of the slave trade, slavery and its abolition”.[2]

See also

Code Noir
International Slavery Museum
Whitney Plantation Historic District (USA)
Mémorial ACTe (Guadeloupe, France)

References

"François Hollande souhaite ouvrir un musée de l'esclavage avant 2017". Le Figaro. AFP. May 10, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
McAuley, James (May 28, 2016). "France confronts slavery, a demon of its past". Washington Post. Retrieved May 30, 2016.

Further reading

Hollande inaugurates world's largest slavery memorial in French West Indies Agence France-Presse. May 10, 2015.

External links

Slavery and Remembrance: French Slave Trade, UNESCO and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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