OF SUGAR AND BLOOD: ARCHEOLOGY OF COLONIAL SLAVERY

BU Saint-Denis Sciences from February 1 to March 8

Monday to Friday from 07:30 a.m. to 19:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 16:00 p.m.

Archeology now plays a crucial role in the history of servitude. From the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Indian Ocean, excavations and research in the Antilles, Guyana, Reunion Island, Africa and mainland France have profoundly renewed the approach to enslavement during the period of Modern Times and contemporaries. For around thirty years, preventive archaeological data collected on future development sites have proven to be an unparalleled source for studying and documenting the slavery system, which brought prosperity and shaped the identity of many societies. modern. They provide new information, complementary to the written sources which mainly come from the State, merchants and owners and which are, therefore, incomplete, unambiguous and partial.

The archaeocapsule “Archaeology of colonial slavery” presents a selection of 8 examples of archaeological discoveries on the theme of slavery, highlighting the social issues linked to it.