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Tuesday 10 May 2011
France remembers the abolition of slavery
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People before an artwork in memory of General Dumas during a ceremony commemorating the abolition of slavery
AFP/Lionel Bonaventure
By Jessica Phelan

France's marks the end of slavery on 10 May every year. It's now been a decade since the government passed a law recognising the slave trade as a crime against humanity. It also created a national committee for remembrance of its victims.

tags : Culture - France - Slavery
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