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Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, Nantes, France

Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground are set 2 inscribed plaques and 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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2012 21st century 25th March 2012 abolition blue skies Bretagne Brittany city color image colour image day education Emmanuel Barrois Europe European exterior France French glass ground harbour heritage history horizontal inscription Julian Bonder Krzysztof Wodiczko Loire Loire Valley Loire-Atlantique memorial Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery monument museum Nantes outdoors outside Pays de la Loire plaque port Quai de la Fosse quay quayside river Loire riverbank slave port slave trade slavery sunny town Western Europe Western European
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Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, or Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery, inaugurated 25th March 2012, on the Quai de la Fosse, a port quay along the right bank of the river Loire in the centre of Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the ground are set 2 inscribed plaques and 2000 glass plates by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, commemorating elements of the slave trade. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen