Memories of slavery

In 1998, for the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, the City Council decided to build a memorial on the Quai de La Fosse. Directed by the Polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko and the American

The commemorative plaque in memory of the victims of the slave trade was installed on the 4th of May 2013 in the city of Trélazé (49), at the foot of the Palmier de la Dignité (Dignity Palm tree) in t

Set in the historical heart of Nantes, the Château des Ducs de Bretagne is one of the key-monument representing the heritage of the city, (as well as the St. Pierre Cathedral).

The bronze bust of the Abbé Grégoire is located at the entrance of the house of the Abbé Grégoire, in Emberménil. It was smelted by Joel Huguenin and sculpted by Véronique Marriage.

The Maison de l’Armateur (the House of the Ship-owner) is an eighteenth century house located in Le Havre, and was owned by various merchants before being converted into a museum.

The Château de Joux (Jura) was a state prison where Toussaint Louverture was imprisoned. Louverture was the first black general in the French army.

The House of Negritude and Human Rights is a municipal museum since its creation in 1971 by René Simonin, a Champagney inhabitant who enearthed the Article 29 of the Champagney grievances book from th