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Talk: "Colonial and slave-trade Nantes: what memory?", by Alain Croix
1 December 2026
3 pm
Talk: "Colonial and slave-trade Nantes: what memory?", by Alain Croix
Chabe01, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Memorial to the abolition of slavery, Nantes Maison des Isles, 1 allée Claude-Choëmet, Trentemoult, 44400 Rezé
Organised by Rezé Histoire et Rezé Seniors
Part of the "Mardis de l'Histoire" series. Without judging, historian Alain Croix gives keys to read how Nantes remembers its slave-trade and colonial past: buildings, street names, plaques, works of art and graves. A second part follows on 2 February 2027 with Chantal Cornet. Free, open to all, drinks offered.
Talk: "Colonial and slave-trade Nantes: what memory?", by Alain Croix. 1 December 2026, Maison des Isles, 1 allée Claude-Choëmet, Trentemoult, 44400 Rezé, in Trentemoult (Rezé). Part of the "Mardis de l'Histoire" series. Without judging, historian Alain Croix gives keys to read how Nantes remembers its slave-trade and colonial past: buildings, street names, plaques, works of art and graves. A second part follows on 2 February 2027 with Chantal Cornet. Free, open to all, drinks offered. Organised by Rezé Histoire et Rezé Seniors.
HeritageTalkSource : Rezé Histoire
Texts drawn from Rezé Mensuel (City of Rezé), Rezé municipal archives, Naolib and Nantes Métropole.
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