Tag: Slavery
“Faces of ancestors”, unpublished testimony on the history of slavery
These are exceptional testimonies to the history of slavery. Around fifty busts, cast in 1846 on former slaves, are grouped together in the exhibition Faces of ancestors. Among them, there…
Commemoration of the history of slavery: ‘Utrecht commemorates as it should’
When the hundreds of people have taken their places on the white chairs, at the standing tables and in the grass, the extensive program of the day begins. “Utrecht participates…
Commemoration of the history of slavery: ‘Utrecht commemorates as it should’
When the hundreds of people have taken their places on the white chairs, at the standing tables and in the grass, the extensive program of the day begins. “Utrecht participates…
Special letter at the exhibition about slavery
The senders, in Creole Dutch, asked the Danish king to arrange for the missionaries of the Moravian Church, who provided them with a lot of support, to stay at Saint…
comments from an elected RN are shocking
These are important commemorations in the overseas departments where everyone has their public holiday to celebrate freedom and the abolition of slavery, on each anniversary of the arrival of the…
Pierre-Yves Bocquet: “The ‘Haitian debt’ (of 1825) still has effects today”
Today, May 10, is the National Day of Remembrance of Slavery, Trafficking and Their Abolitions. The opportunity to address a problem that is resurfacing in the public debate, that of…
Benin presents a bill to grant nationality to Afro-descendants
Many Afro-descendants from around the world could soon acquire Beninese nationality. The government presented a bill to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, May 8, which defines the conditions for…
Bolt Driver Shidrak: A Modern Slavery
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Shidrak Shamoon, 45, has a request for customers: “Delete the app” Photo: Anders Deros Bad wages, no conditions and long hours. Now at least 850…
Martinique: behind the beach, the slavery memorial
On the occasion of the exhibition “ Revelation, contemporary art from Benin » at the Clément Foundation, Martinique, which aims to strengthen its ties with this West African country, also…
“Dare to freedom”: at the Pantheon, a tribute to the forgotten heroes of the fight against slavery
The Pantheon, temple of the heroes and heroines of France, retraces in an unprecedented way the history of heroes against slavery. To illustrate these fights for freedom, the exhibition presents…