Thomas Alexandre Dumas Slavery Memorial (Paris, France)

Sculpture,_Fers,_œuvre_du_Musée_Khômbol_(Driss_Sans-Arcidet).jpg

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Title

Thomas Alexandre Dumas Slavery Memorial (Paris, France)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Slavery-Emancipation
Slavery-Abolition
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Diaspora
Paris, France
Subject (Name)
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 1762-1806
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

The monumental ironwork is dedicated to both the memory of General Dumas, the first black general in France and the abolition of slavery. The work, which consists of broken shackles and iron chains, was erected on the site of Alphonse de Perrin de Moncel's Monument au Général Dumas, 1913, which was destroyed during the Nazi occupation of France.

Creator

Sans Arcidet Lacourt, Driss (Le Musée Khômbol), 1960-

Source

Wikipedia Commons

Date

Dedicated: April, 4 2009

Contributor

Claude Ribbe, L'association des amis du Général Dumas; Office of the Mayor of Paris

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

Avenue de Villiers, 75017 Paris, France

Alternative Title

Fers

Date Created

2009

Extent

196.8'' (499.872 cm)

Medium

Iron

Bibliographic Citation

"Un symbole contre l'esclavage en plein Paris," Le Parisien. Accessed April 29, 2019, http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75017/un-symbole-contre-l-esclavage-en-plein-paris-18-02-2009-414757.php

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions

196.8'' (499.872 cm)

Citation

Sans Arcidet Lacourt, Driss (Le Musée Khômbol), 1960-, “Thomas Alexandre Dumas Slavery Memorial (Paris, France),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed March 29, 2024, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1151.

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