Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Victor Schoelcher

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 2022

1. Victor Schoelcher Marker - left panel

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Victor Schoelcher
1804-1895
Hommage
d'inaltérable gratitude
offert
au moyen de souscriptions
recueillies en 1948-49
par un Comité Fédéral
d'Outre-Mer

Ici
s élevait la demeure
ou le 3 thermidor an XII
(dimanche 22 juillet 1804)
naquit
Victor Schoelcher
promoteur
de l'abolition de lesclavage
décrétée le 27 avril 1848
Il s'éteignit à Houilles
le lundi 25 décembre 1893
Une loi du 13 juillet 1948
lui décerna les honneurs
du Pantheon

(English translation:)

In honor of Victor Schoelcher (1804-1895), a tribute of eternal gratitude paid for through donations collected in 1948-49 by a Federal Overseas Committee.

Here stood the house where on 3 Thermidor Year XII (Sunday July 22, 1804) was born Victor Schoelcher, promoter of the abolition of slavery, decreed April 27, 1848. He died at Houilles, on Monday, December 25, 1893. A law of July 13, 1948 awarded him the honors of the Pantheon.

Erected 1949 by Comité Fédéral d’Outre-Mer.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Abolition & Underground RR. A significant historical date for this entry is July 22, 1804.

Location. 48° 52.632′ N, 2° 21.387′

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E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Vincent de Paul. Marker is on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 132 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris, Île-de-France 75010, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. École Élémentaire Publique Chabrol Jewish Children Deportation Memorial (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Gare de l’Est (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Eglise Saint-Laurent (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Gare du Nord (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Couvent des Récollets (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); a different marker also named Couvent des Récollets (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); André Chennevière (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Victor Schoelcher (Wikipedia).

Overview: Victor Schœlcher (22 July 1804 – 25 December 1893) was a French abolitionist, writer, politician and journalist, best known for his leading role in the abolition of slavery in France in 1848, during the Second Republic.

After the 1848 revolution in France that overthrew the July Monarchy: Schœlcher had convinced Arago not to wait until the election of the constituent National Assembly, which would be deeply occupied with organizing the new republican institutions, to establish the abolitionist commission, arguing that any postponing of the emancipation could lead to revolt and bloodshed in the colonies. In his capacity as under-secretary of state and president of the commission, Schœlcher prepared and wrote
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 2022

2. Victor Schoelcher Marker - right panel
the decree that was issued on 27 April 1848, through which the French government abolished slavery in all of its colonies and granted citizenship to the emancipated slaves.

(Submitted on January 21, 2023.)

Victor Schoelcher Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 2022

3. Victor Schoelcher Marker - wide view

Victor Schoelcher Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 2022

4. Victor Schoelcher Marker - wider view

Victor Schoelcher portrait image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Louis-Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (via Wikimedia Commons), 1848

5. Victor Schoelcher portrait

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 21, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.