Guadeloupean identity

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).

Mural painting ‘Émeutes de mai 1967 en Guadeloupe’ - Pointe-à-Pitre

Place de la Victoire
97110 Point-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe
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Located Place de la Victoire in Pointe-à-Pitre, the mural “Émeutes de mai 1967 en Guadeloupe » (Riots of May 1967 in Guadeloupe” commemorates the 1967 riots, brutally repressed by the police. A thous

Place and statue paying tribute to the negress Gertrude, Petit-Bourg

Place Gertrude
97170 Petit-Bourg
Guadeloupe
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A monument paying tribute to Gertrude was erected on the square Gertrude. Gertrude was a slave who was accused of poisoning someone in the habitation Fougères, in Petit-Bourg.

Memorial in homage to the slaves, Saint-François

Saint-François
97118
United Kingdom
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The memorial in homage to the slaves in Saint-François was inaugurated on the 27th of May 1998, for the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.

Memorial in homage to Delgrès - Basse Terre

Fort Delgrès
97100 Basse-Terre
Guadeloupe
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Located near the Fort Delgrès, the memorial Louis Delgrès was erected during the bicentennial of the rebellion, in 2002.

Stele in homage to Delgrès in Matouba

Matouba
97120 Saint-Claude
Guadeloupe
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A monument commemorating the sacrifice of Louis Delgrès and his companions was erected in 1948, on the occasion of the centenary of the abolition of slavery, in Grand Parc Matouba, Guadeloupe.

Morne de la Mémoire, les Abymes

Morne de la Mémoire
97139 Les Abymes
Guadeloupe
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The Morne de la Mémoire in the Abymes represents five open books containing a list of 1480 names of women and men who were captured to be enslaved in the Abymes.