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Plantation society
Historical context
Definition
The important landowners
The Sugar Refinery
The Desbassayns estate
The Desbassayns Family
Life style – Social life
Architecture
The story of the estate
The slave trade
The origin of the slaves on Bourbon island
The illegal slave trade
The slave trade in the Indian Ocean
Slavery
The ‘Code noir’
The conditions and daily lives of slaves
Resistance to slavery
The Church and slavery on Bourbon/Reunion
Abolition
Abolisionist movements
Abolition of slavery in Reunion
After abolition
Chronology of abolitions
Memory
Memories
Artistic works
Celebrating the abolition of slavery in Reunion Island and France
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Exhibition
« Slavery in Bourbon »
De Villèle Museum
December 20th, 2020 - March 28th, 2021
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‘The Strange Story of Furcy Madeleine: 1786-1856’
an exhibition at the Villèle Museum
December 11th, 2019 - April 30th, 2020
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The De Villèle museum in Reunion : between history and the memory of slavery. An essential site of Reunionese social history
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Exhibition
« Slavery in Bourbon »
De Villèle Museum
December 20th, 2020 - March 28th, 2021
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Conference
‘Slavery. New approaches ’
October 28, 2020 – Villèle Museum
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The European Parliament recognises slavery as a ‘crime against humanity’
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