Routes of Enslaved Peoples

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Routes of Enslaved Peoples is a UNESCO initiative launched in 1994 in Ouidah, Benin. Called The Slave Route Project until 2022, it aims to promote intercultural dialogue about the Atlantic slave trade, and the history of slavery in general.

Commemorations

Such commemorative days for slavery and its victims include:

Pedagogical initiatives

Slavery sites around the Atlantic

UNESCO with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, have created and maintains the "Slavery and Remembrance" project to "engage[] the public as well as experts with issues relating to slavery, slave trade, and ways in which both are remembered today throughout the Atlantic world." The following historic sites, memorials, and organizations related to the history of Atlantic slavery, include:

References


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  13. ↑ "Del olvido a la memoria | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 25 September 2019.