Jean-Marc Masseaut, Educational Director for the Study Center of the Shackles of Memory Association in Nantes, France, spoke at the Kingsley Heritage Celebration on February 9, 2008. The transcript of his talk on "The Transatlantic Slave Trade" is available below, published with the permission of Mr. Masseaut. We thank him for making this available to the public.

Click here for the transcription of "The Transatlantic Slave Trade" (pdf, 62 KB).

Click here for more information about his organization and "Les Cahiers des anneax de la memoire (The Shackles of Memory Journal)."

Special Exhibit by the Shackles of Memory Association

The Shackles of Memory Association created posters to highlight the connections to slavery or the slave trade between France, Africa, and the New World. View seven of the fourteen posters produced for special display in February 2008.

Europe and the Triangular Trade

Slave Trade in Africa

Colonial Slavery in the Americas

Abolition of the Slave Trade

Abolition of Slavery

Jacksonville and the Atlantic World

Heritage of History