Prime Minister François Bayrou known as on Saturday May 10 in Brest, to not be silent in entrance of “The terrible and monstrous history of slavery”on the event of the National Day of Metics of Trade, Slavery and their abolitions.
“We must not be silent. This history of slavery must be known (…) We must know, and to know we must name, quantify, analyze this reality ”mentioned the pinnacle of presidency, talking dealing with the harbor of Brest, close to a monumental metal sculpture baptized “Memoirs”. The Prime Minister described “A terrible and monstrous story by its dimensions as by its object: around 4 million women, men and children experienced slavery from 1625 to 1848 in the French colonies”.
“A label will soon be created in order to bring together all these places of memory of slavery, place of slavery as such, mainly in overseas and places evoking the fights for abolition all over the territory”he introduced.
Evoking the “Double debt” imposed by France in Haiti to compensate former land and slave homeowners, Mr. Bayrou despatched a “Solidarity message” “To these martyred and fraternal people” and known as to “A lucid relationship” with the previous “Based on truth”.
” Glance[er] History, our story, opposite “
Emmanuel Macron introduced in April the creation of a Franco-Haitian fee of historians to check “Impact” On Haiti of the “Very heavy financial compensation” Imposed by France on its ex-colony in alternate for the granting of its independence.
Former Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, president of the muse for the reminiscence of slavery, mentioned that this “Work allows our country to engage in the direction of the Haitian people the restorative approach to which history obliges us and the urgency calls us”. “This story is engraved in the memory of the Haitian people when, even today, it remains absent from French national memory”insisted Mr. Ayrault.
“We are not looking for repentance. We want the young generations to look at history, our history, opposite ”mentioned Max Relouzat, founding father of the affiliation Memoirs des Tlaisages and creator of the work Memoirs. 10 meters excessive, the metal work was inaugurated on May 10, 2015. May 10 is the anniversary of the adoption unanimously by the Senate, final studying, of the 2001 Taubira legislation recognizing trafficking and slavery as against the law towards humanity.
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