At the time of its creation in 1974, the association was called the Association des Amis de la Maison de la Négritude et des Droits de l’Homme.
Launched in 2004, the "Route des abolitions de l’esclavage" (Trail of the abolitions of slavery) is part of the international project « la Route de l’esclave
Founded in Nantes in 1991, the organization Anneaux de la mémoire aims to educate the general public about the history of the slave trade, slavery a
The association Mémoires des Esclavages, founded in 2010, aims to commemorate the abolition of slavery each year.
On 13th May 1838, a French nun Anne-Marie Javouhey released 185 slaves in Mana (French Guiana