Patrimony

Musée d’Aquitaine

20 cours Pasteur
33000 Bordeaux
France
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The Musée d’Aquitaine was officially established in 1962 at the initiative of the museologist Georges Henri Rivière, but Bordeaux had gathered collections for much longer (1594). In 2009, the museum

The open slave yoke in Saint Paul

Place du Débarcadère
97460 Saint Paul
Reunion
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A metal sculpture representing an open slave yoke is located on the Place du Débarcadère in St. Paul, where slave ships landed.

Stele and statues of the slavery trail in Saint-Paul

Quai Gilbert
97460 Saint Paul
Reunion
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On the Quai Gilbert in Saint-Paul stand a stele called "St-Paul à l'origine du métissage" (St. Paul at the root of ethnic mix) and statues created by a Malagasy artist (C.

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.

Habitation la Mahaudière

97121 Anse-Bertrand
Guadeloupe
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The habitation la Mahaudière was a sugar refinery where slaves worked.

Mémorial ACTe

Darboussier
Rue Raspail
97110 POINTE-A-PITRE
Guadeloupe
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Inaugurated by the President of the Republic in May 2015, the Memorial Act (the Caribbean Centre of expressions and memory for the slave trade and slavery) was built on the site of the former Darbouss

Musée de rhum Saint-James

Musée du Rhum Saint-James
97230 Sainte-Marie
Martinique
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The Saint-James rum museum was created in 1981, in the former home of the director of the sugar refinery of Sainte-Marie.