How to cite this page Comment citer cette page
1856, Inauguration of the statue of Mahé de la Bourdonnais
Event
- has type | est de type
- inauguration
- took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps
- 15 August 1856
- was motivated by | le déplacement a été motivé par
- The statue project took shape in the 1850s, when the colonists vigorously opposed the abolition of slavery and the granting of voting rights to emancipated slaves in 1848. The statue of the governor who had strengthened the slave system was intended to traumatize the "black people".
- is referred to by | est référencé par
- Bruno Maillard, « Monument à Mahé de la Bourdonnais, Saint-Denis », Cast in Stone