Taubira law (2001) | Cartographie des Mémoires de l’Esclavage

Taubira law (2001)

The law by which 'the French Republic recognizes that the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades on the one hand, and slavery on the other, perpetrated from the 15th century onwards in the Americas, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and Europe against African, Ameridian, Malagasy and Indian peoples constitute a crime against humanity.'

Les Colonnes de la Liberté

Place Toussaint Louverture

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

91700

United Kingdom

Site overview:

A stele called 'les Colonnes de la liberté' ('The Columns of Liberty'), dedicated to the memory of the enslaved and the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, was officially ina

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Comité National pour la Mémoire et l’Histoire de l’Esclavage

Abbreviation:

CNMHE

Address:

Ministère des Outre-Mer

27 Rue Oudinot

75007 Paris

France

Website:

Website of the CNMHE

Overview of activities:

Established by the Decree of 5 January 2004, the CNMHE is an advisory official body whose mission is to advise the Government regarding the research, education, preservation, dissemination or transmis

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Comité Traite Négrière/ Esclavage

CTNE

Maison des Associations

6 bis, rue Berthe-de-Boisieux

38000 Grenoble

France

Website of the CTNE

Historical overview:

Originating from a group of associations in 2003, then becoming an association in 2005, the Comité Traite négrière / Esclavage (Committee Slave Trade / Slave