ABOLITION OF SLAVERY MEMORIAL
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Visit the memorial to the abolition of slavery in Nantes, recalling the history of the slaves transported from this city.
The location chosen on the Quai de la Fosse is highly symbolic: it is from there that ships left to connect Africa and the West Indies during the era of triangular trade. A practice that greatly enriched Nantes between the 17th and 19th centuries. The artist Krzysztof Wodiczko and the architect Julian Bonder designed this memorial, with a vast green walk along the banks of the Loire, dotted with 2,000 glass plates recalling the names of the ships that left Nantes, and the 550,000 captives transported as slaves to the colonies. The visitor is welcomed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then advances among the testimonies in the underground, recalling the confinement of the holds of ships.
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Une longue frise illustrée rappelle l'histoire de l'abolition. Puis ensuite viennent plusieurs "grandes" phrases sur fond blanc, ici sont cités Olympe de Gouges, Toussaint Louverture et également un extrait de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l'Homme... Mais le plus émouvant peut-être se situe sur le toît, avec incrustés au sol le nom des différents bateaux ayant servi pour la traite négrière...
Un lieu essentiel.