Memories of slavery

Musée agricole et industriel Stella Matutina

Stella Matutina
6, Allée des Flamboyants
97424 Piton Saint-Leu
Reunion
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The Musée agricole et industriel Stella Matutina (Agricultural and industrial Museum) opened in 1991 in the former sugar refinery called Stella Matutina.

The Dimitile trail (and stele)

Le Dimitile
Reunion
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The Dimitile trail is a trekking route which allows hikers to reach the point of observation of Cilaos and the Maroon camp of Dimitile.

Stele in homage to the Maroons, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville

2 rue Fortuné-Hoarau
97414 Entre-Deux
Reunion
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A monument paying tribute to the Maroons, runaway slaves, and adorned with a plaque bearing their names, was erected on the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville in the Entre-Deux.

Site of the Capitaine Dimitile

Le Dimitile
Reunion
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The Dimitile is located on the upstream part of the confluence of the arms of the Plaine and Cilaos, on the heights of the village of L'Entre-Deux.

Memorial of the Association of Ankraké

Terre Sainte
97410 Saint Pierre
Reunion
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Located at the entrance of Terre Sainte, by the sea, stands a monument dedicated to the ancestors by the association Ankraké. It represents a giant pestle surrounded by four small boats, with a plaqu

Musée de Villèle

Domaine Panon-Desbassyns
97435 Saint-Gilles-les-Hauts
Reunion
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The historical Museum of Villèle was established by the Department of La Réunion in 1974 on a vast colonial mansion, the former habitation Panon-Desbassayns. Mrs.

Sculpture of « Fiiman » in Rémire-Montjoly

Rond-Point Adélaïde Tablon
Rémire-Montjoly
Guyana
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The statue, created by the Guyanese artist Lobie Cognac, was inaugurated on the 10th of June 2008 for the 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.