France, May 10 -- France on Saturday marks itsNational Memorial Day for Slavery and Its Abolitions. The town of Arcueil in the Paris suburbs is unveiling a commemorative stele - part of broader national efforts to create more memorial sites that acknowledge the country's role in slavery.

Since 2006, France has on10 Maycommemorated the slave trade and its abolition. with the date chosen as it marks the definitive adoption in 2001 of the Taubira Law, which recognises the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.

The first cities to establish a memorial to slavery site in France were those with a history directly linked to the slave trade, such as the ports of Nantes, Bordeaux and La Rochelle.

Bordeaux museum working to change n...