Slavery
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Slavery':
Bordeaux 18th century slave trade; linkBrimstone Hill Fortress Built by slave labour Cartagena
"The Cartagena slave market, the largest in the New World, was held in the Plaza de los Coches" (orignally Plaza del Esclavo") ; linkCidade Velha Important port in the transcontinental slaveryCoro and its Port "Coro, French Republic of- Coro, a town in eastern Venezuela, was the center of a massive slave revolt in 1795. The revolt’s leader, José Leonardo Chirinos, declared Coro a "French Republic" and announced that the new nation would govern itself by the ideals of the French Revolution. The Spanish government crushed the insurgents, and Chirinos along with his lieutenants was executed in December of 1796. The memory of Chirinos has been appropriated by the Bolivaran Revolution of Hugo Chavez and the airport of Coro has been named after him.Diamantina Its mines were worked by slaves. It was also the home of one of Brazil's most "famous" slaves who has become a soap opera figure "Chica da Silva" Island of Gorée Island of Mozambique Itchan Kala Had a very flourishing slave marketJames Island Le Morne Testimony to maroonage or resistance to slaveryMeknes Moulay Ismail's Habs KaraMonticello Jefferson kept slaves at Monicello -both in the fields and in the house "Thomas Jefferson made a habit of inspecting his plantation in the afternoon to monitor the work of the 150 slaves who worked at Monticello and his outlying farms. Always interested in measurements and record-keeping, Jefferson made extensive notations about his slaves and their duties in his Farm Book and Memorandum Books. For instance, he noted the rations his overseer distributed, the number of yards he purchased for clothing, the daily task required by particular slaves, and the cost of items purchased for use in the kitchen." ; linkOlinda The city is built on wealth from sugar grown and harvested by slaves in the plantations of Pernambuco. In the Praça da Abolição (Abolition Square) is a statue of Princess Isabel, who, in 1888, signed the Lei Aurea (Golden Law) abolising slavery in Brazil. She did this as regent whilst her father Pedro II travelled abroad. The law (signed in Petropolis) was promulgated in this square. Ouro Preto The main tourist mine is named after an African slave.; linkPotosí "To compensate for the diminishing indigenous labor force, the colonists made a request in 1608 to the Crown in Madrid to begin allowing for the importation of 1500 to 2000 African slaves per year. An estimated total of 30,000 African slaves were taken to Potosí throughout the colonial era. African slaves were also forced to work in the Casa de la Moneda as acémilas humanas (human mules). Since mules would die after couple of months pushing the mills, the colonists replaced the four mules with twenty African slaves."; linkRoyal Palaces of Abomey The Dahomey kings captured people both to sell on as to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and to keep as their own slavesRuins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara Salvador de Bahia Salvador de Bahia Malê Revolt - "most significant slave rebellion in Brazil" 1835. ; linkSocotra Archipelago Stone Town (Zanzibar) Timbuktu Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios The ICOMOS document states "In 1827 there were (total population) 28706 of which 11697 were slaves working in the 56 mills"Viñales Valley Slaves from Africa worked on the crop fields here. Also, escaped slaves often found refuge in the caves of the Valley. The Pan de Azucar site contains the ruins of the biggest hacienda, where slaves were taught different trades.Zabid
