• July 22, 1804 in Paris; † December 25, 1893 in Houilles near Paris • Grew up in Paris, frequented artistic circles there, inherited parents. china factory • 1829-31: Business trip to Mexico, Cuba, southern USA, got to know slavery that still prevailed there • 1830s: factory sold after business trip; engaged politically + journalistically for the abolition of slavery • Became Member of the National Assembly for Martinique • 1848: Initiator of the decree abolishing slavery result: total abolition of slavery in France and its colonies • 1886: originally built in Pairs, named after the French. Politician Victor Schoelcher • he left his extensive book collection to the Consulate General • Parisian building was dismantled and shipped to Martinique • Library opened in 1893, in the year of V. Schoelcher's death
At the northwest corner of Place de Savane is the Schoelcher Library. This is an impressive domed structure made of colored iron and glass, built for the 1889 Paris World's Fair.
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