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L’ombre du silence ou l’esclavage au rythme de l’histoire 1625-1848

President / Director: 
Odile Lantier
Address: 
118, rue d’Avron
75020 Paris
France
Web: 
Website of L’ombre du silence ou l’esclavage au rythme de l’histoire 1625-1848
Telephone: 
International: +33 1 43 56 27 66 (landline); National: 01 43 56 27 66 (landline)
Registration date: 
Monday, July 30, 2001
Registration details: 

Registration details can be found in the Journal Officiel.

Status: 
Active
Type: 
Commemorative
Cultural
Memorial
Scope: 
Regional/local: A smaller organization or association focused on local/regional activities.
Historical overview: 

The association L’ombre du silence ou l’esclavage au rythme de l’histoire 1625-1848 (The shadow of silence, or the historical evolution of slavery 1625-1848) has been touring an exhibition since 1994, which bears the same name. The exhibition consists of 36 panels and recounts three centuries of slavery. This exhibition is currently available for hire.

The association is based in Paris and sometimes works with other associations such as Anneaux de la Mémoire, La Maison de la Négritude et des Droits de l’Homme and the Association pour l’étude de la colonisation européenne (APECE).

Summary of objectives: 

The purpose of L’ombre du silence ou l’esclavage au rythme de l’histoire 1625-1848 is to promote culture, and more particularly history through means of communication.

Key activities and actions: 
Action
Links to other associations: 
Association
Association
Key links: 
Interview with Nicole Vanony-Frisch, vice-president of the association
Keywords: 
Memories of slavery
Patrimony
Slave ancestry