Description
- Abstract:
- Made in 2008, the monumental ironwork is dedicated to both the memory of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie), the first Black general in France and in acknowledgment of the abolition of slavery. The memorial was dedicated on April 4, 2009, with support from UNESCO. The work, which consists of two broken shackles and iron chains, was erected on the site of Alphonse-Emmanuel de Moncel's Monument au Général Dumas (1913) The Vichy regime destroyed this statue in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France.
- Notes:
- Fers, hommage au General Dumas (Paris, France), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Pierrette13 (Wikimedia Commons),
"Fers, hommage au General Dumas (Paris, France)"
(2009).
Abolition of Slavery.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:3tyv8cz5/
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Abolition of Slavery
...This grouping of commemorative works focus on the abolition of slavery in countries engaged with the slave trade including England, France, The Netherlands, and Spain. England enacted the Slave Trade Act of 1807, prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the …