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Photograph of the Cais do Valongo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site consists of a number of archaeological layers, the lowest of which are the remains of the Valongo Wharf’s floor pavings.
As the last nation in the Americas to officially abolish slavery in 1888, historians estimate that of the approximately 10.7 million enslaved persons brought to the Americas, as many as 50 percent arrived in Brazil. Valongo was the debarkation point…

Photograph of the entrance to the Mémorial de l'abolition de l'esclavage in Nantes, France with a Corten steel sign etched with the name of the memorial that is set into a concrete wall.
Erected as a space to remember the atrocities of slavery and to commemorate all past and present efforts to resist it, the memorial was constructed in Nantes—the former center of the French slave trade. Designed by an artist and an architect, it…

Photograph of the Mémorial ACTe in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, an elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that represent the roots of the fig trees that grow on the abandoned buildings.
Mémorial ACTe is located on the the site of the former Darboussier sugar refinery on the waterfront in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe."The memorial consists of an imposing elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that…

Outbuildings with sugar kettles at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana.
Dedicated to the history of enslavement in the Louisiana, the Whitney Plantation is sited on the grounds where enslaved people labored in bondage for over 100 years. The historical site, museum, and memorials are located in St. John the Baptist…

Enslaved Africans Rain Garden is comprised of four life-size bronze statues and is located along the Hudson River.
The public art project including a rain garden is located along the Hudson River in Yonkers. It is comprised of four life-size bronze statues: I'Satta; Themba; Bibi; and Sola and Olumide. The figures commemorate enslaved Africans who resided at the…
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