Address:
37, rue du Colonel-Grandier-Vazeille
33000 Bordeaux
FranceRegistration date:
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Registration details:
Registration details can be found in the Journal Officiel.
Status:
Inactive (since 2014)
Type:
Commemorative
Memorial
Scope:
Regional/local: A smaller organization or association focused on local/regional activities.
Historical overview:
The associations DiversCités and La préfiguration de la fondation du mémorial de la traite des noirs worked from 1998 to 2015 for the defense and rehabilitation of the memory of the slave trade and slavery in Bordeaux (France).
The association Mémoires & Partages continued the work of memory of DiversCités(1998-2010) and of the Fondation du Mémorial de la traite noirs (2006-2014).
Summary of objectives:
The objectives of the Fondation du Mémorial de la Traite des Noirs were to encourage reflection and to study the techniqual, legal and financial arrangements that were needed for the creation of the European foundation for the construction and implementation of a memorial to the slaves in Bordeaux.
Links to other associations:
Association
Keywords:
Commemoration
Memorial project
Memories of slavery
Patrimony
Slave ancestry