Transatlantic slave trade: legacies of the past & building the future

UNESCO's Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project

Since its launch in 1994, the UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples: Resistance, Liberty and Heritage Project has contributed to the production of knowledge, the development of pedagogical contents and to the memory sites on the themes of slavery, its abolition and the resistance it generated.

Today, the Project's main objectives are to produce and disseminate new interdisciplinary knowledge by making connections between the history of slavery and critical approaches to race and inequality; fight against racism and racial discrimination where they intersect with other forms of exclusion; promote tangible (memory sites) and intangible heritage born of cultural resistance to slavery throughout the world; integrate a gender equality perspective by showcasing the role of women in the history of slavery; develop capacity-building for the benefit of local communities and professionals working in the management and promotion of heritage and museums; advocate against contemporary forms of slavery.

UNESCO Contact

Yvette Kaboza, [email protected]

Media Contact

Michelle Lucas

Communications Nova Scotia

902-456-3576 [email protected]

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