Discover :
- 10 863 advertisements
- 407 579 words
- 339 983 significant words
- 14 867 slaves
- 1 980 distinct first names
- 12 395 men
- 2 414 women
- 682 trades
- 6 662 body marks
- 6 882 prison lists
Project Description
Slave advertisements in Saint-Domingue
This photograph was taken in Port-au-Prince in late October 2010. At first glance, one mostly sees makeshift shelters that have covered the Place du Champ de Mars (facing the presidential palace) since the January 12 earthquake. One could almost fail to notice the bronze conch shell that stands out above the rest, an element of memory that survived the quake. Behind the shelters lies the famous statue of the marron inconnu or unknown escaped slave, created by sculptor Albert Mangonès in 1967-1968. The conch shell, which was used by slaves to send each other signals beyond the confines of plantations, is the statue’s topmost extremity.
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