Slavery museum (France) explained

In May 2016, President Francois Hollande announced the formation of a foundation to erect a national slavery and Atlantic slave trade memorial and museum ("un musée de l'esclavage"^[1]) in Paris, France. Identifying the memorial and museum's purpose, Hollande said, “I wish to give to France an institution it still lacks, a foundation for the memory of the slave trade, slavery and its abolition”.^[2]

See also

• Code Noir
• International Slavery Museum
• Whitney Plantation Historic District (USA)
• Mémorial ACTe (Guadeloupe, France)

Further reading

• Hollande inaugurates world's largest slavery memorial in French West Indies Agence France-Presse. May 10, 2015.

External links

• Slavery and Remembrance: French Slave Trade, UNESCO and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Notes and References

1. News: François Hollande souhaite ouvrir un musée de l'esclavage avant 2017 . Le Figaro . May 10, 2016 . AFP . June 4, 2016.
2. News: France confronts slavery, a demon of its past. McAuley, James . May 28, 2016. Washington Post. May 30, 2016.