{"id":4640,"date":"2015-05-26T13:54:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T11:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/lieux\/memorial-de-labolition-de-lesclavage-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:12:04","slug":"memorial-to-the-abolition-of-slavery","status":"publish","type":"lieu","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/places\/memorial-to-the-abolition-of-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial to the abolition of slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"VAN22_CHAPEAU\"><p>In the 18th century, Nantes became the most important slave-trading port in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On a plant-covered walkway, 2,000 commemorative plaques remind the public of the slave ships that departed from Nantes as well as the major trading ports in Africa and America. A meditative promenade, marked with quotes on the subject of slavery from a variety of sources, runs alongside the Quai de Loire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By inaugurating this memorial in 2012 \u2013 the only one of its kind in Europe \u2013 the city affirms its desire to \u201c<em>keep the memory of the past alive and let it be a warning for the future.<\/em>\u201d (K. Wodiczko and J. Bonder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Krzysztof Wodiczko received the Hiroshima Art Prize in 1998, which rewards an artist for his\/her contribution to world peace every year. 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