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Solitude statue, Place du General Catroux, Paris, France

Solitude, bronze statue of a black slave woman who was freed in 1794 and beaten to death while pregnant in 1802 after Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe, inaugurated 2022, by Didier Audrat, in the Jardin Solitude, Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is the first statue of a real black woman in Paris, and she is depicted defiantly protesting against slavery. It was inaugurated on 10th May 2022, the National Day to Commemorate Memories of Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Solitude, bronze statue of a black slave woman who was freed in 1794 and beaten to death while pregnant in 1802 after Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe, inaugurated 2022, by Didier Audrat, in the Jardin Solitude, Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France, France. This is the first statue of a real black woman in Paris, and she is depicted defiantly protesting against slavery. It was inaugurated on 10th May 2022, the National Day to Commemorate Memories of Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition. Picture by Manuel Cohen