In France, did the abolition of the slave trade in 1815 and the abolition of slavery in 1848 put an end to human exploitation? Two historians shed light on this period, between continuity and rupture. Virginie Chaillou-Atrous is a lecturer-researcher at the University of Nantes and a member of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire Internationale et Atlantique (CRHIA). Alessandro Stanziani is a research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and a research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).With Virginie Chaillou-Atrous and Alessandro Stanziani In France, did the abolition of the slave trade in 1815 and the abolition of slavery in 1848 put an end to human exploitation? Two historians shed light on this period, between continuity and rupture. Virginie Chaillou-Atrous is a lecturer-researcher at the University of Nantes and a member of the Centre de Recherche en Histoire Internationale et Atlantique (CRHIA). Alessandro Stanziani is a research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and a research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). With Virginie Chaillou-Atrous and Alessandro Stanziani
Source: Nantes Métropole