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

Engraved glass plate by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, 1 of 2000, remembering La Sirene, a slave ship which departed Nantes in 1754, set into the ground at the 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. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1754 2012 21st century 25th March 2012 abolition Bretagne Brittany city color image colour image day detail education Emmanuel Barrois Europe European exterior France French glass ground harbour heritage history horizontal inscription Julian Bonder Krzysztof Wodiczko La Sirene 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 ship slave trade slavery town Western Europe Western European
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Engraved glass plate by Emmanuel Barrois and Krzysztof Wodiczko, 1 of 2000, remembering La Sirene, a slave ship which departed Nantes in 1754, set into the ground at the 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. Nantes was an important trading port, profiting from the slave trade from 17th - 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen