Tag: Slavery
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…
In the United States, a military base named after a Confederate renamed
A symbolic change for a US Army base. Fort Pickett, in Virginia, changed its name this Friday, March 24, 2023. It must be said that it bore the name of…
Bessora, at the origin of his lame dynasty
Born in Brussels in 1968, Bessora grew up in Europe, the United States and Africa. She is the author of ” Pick me up pretty gentlemen » (Great literary prize…