Tag: Slavery
Province apologizes for slavery past: ‘More awareness is needed’
The province of Utrecht played a major role in that slavery past. In 1720 the Provincial Utrecht Ge-otroyeerde Compagnie was founded. That organization was directly involved in transatlantic slavery by…
“Slavery” – we would whip the messengers
Published: Just now Many have seen the pink messengers rushing by, but few know what happens behind the scenes. Dennis Elyasi worked for two years at Foodora, and now talks…
Through a triple exhibition, Normandy commemorates the memory of the victims of slavery
May 23 is National Day in Memory of the Victims of Slavery. The opportunity to discuss this exhibition called: “Slavery, Norman memories” which is currently being held in Normandy and…
Utrecht residents can express their wishes about Amsterdam’s Slavery Museum
Utrechters can express their opinion tonight about the yet to be built National Slavery Museum in Amsterdam. As a quartermaster, John Leerdam is responsible for the preparations for the museum,…
In Paris, in the footsteps of slavery
On this national day of memories of the slave trade, slavery and their abolition, it is an opportunity to remember that Paris is full of places that trace France’s slavery…
end of consultations on the creation of a House against slavery in Bordeaux
Friday, April 28, 2023 ended the consultation on the house of slavery in Bordeaux. Its objective was to gather the opinion of the inhabitants of this city, which owes its…
In the Doubs, Emmanuel Macron salutes Toussaint Louverture’s sense of “order”
On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France, Emmanuel Macron visited this Thursday, April 27 in the department of Doubs, in the castle of…
Republican France abolishes slavery
On April 27, 1848, the nascent Second Republic abolished slavery in the French colonies. Committed to the ideas of the abolitionist movement, the republican government which succeeded the July Monarchy…
The ‘slavery’ apology from the British Guardian newspaper!
The Scott Foundation, owner of the British Guardian newspaper, apologized for the newspaper’s founders’ links to overseas slavery and announced it would invest in a 10-year “restorative justice” program. The…
“I’m ashamed of my ancestors who participated in slavery” – Laura Trevelyan paid reparations to the descendants of slaves and wants others to join
– As a descendant of a plantation owner who kept slaves, how does it feel to sit on one of their plantations with a descendant of a slave? This is…