French Republic

Statue of Victor Schœlcher in Fessenheim

68740 Fessenheim
France
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A statue of Victor Schœlcher, the father of the abolition whose family originally came from Fessenheim in Alsace, was inaugurated the 12th of July 1981 .

The House of the Abbé Grégoire in Emberménil

Rue Abbé Grégoire
54370 Emberménil
France
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The House of the Abbé Grégoire presents the life of the priest of Emberménil, figure of the French Revolution who demanded the abolition of slavery.

Monument in memory of the Général Dumas

41 Rue du Général Mangin
02600 Villers-Cotterêts
France
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On the 28th of February 2006, to mark the bicentenary of the death of General Dumas, the association of the Friends of General Alexandre Dumas (Les amis du Général Alexandre Dumas) installed a plaque

Monument to the abolition of slavery in Drancy

Boulevard Paul-Vaillant-Couturier
93700 Drancy
France
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Inaugurated on the 23rd of May 2006, the monument represents a black woman embracing a black man who, facing her, raises his arms and breaks his chains.

Stele in homage to Solitude in Bagneux

92220 Bagneux
France
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A statue in honor of Solitude was inaugurated on the 10th of May 2007 in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine (twin city of Grand Bourg, Marie-Galante Island, Guadeloupe).

Statue in tribute to Victor Schœlcher in Houilles

78800 Houilles
France
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A statue of Victor Schœlcher was erected in 1904 in Houilles (Yvelines), the city where Schœlcher died in 1893. The bust was destroyed by the Nazis during World War, II and rebuilt in 1949.

Plaque in homage to Delgrès, Ministère de l’Outre-mer

Ministère des Outre-Mer
27 Rue Oudinot
75007 Paris
France
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At the occasion of the inauguration of the Louis Delgrès lounge at the Ministry of the Oversea in Paris on the 10th of May 2005, a commemorative plaque paying tribute to Delgrès was unveiled in the lo