House of Abbé Grégoire in Emberménil (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
“There is still an aristocracy, that of the colour of the skin. Bigger than your predecessors, who have, so to speak, founded it, you will make it disappear".
Harangue of Grégoire at the National Convention on 17 June 1793.
Museographical house of Abbé Grégoire
The museographical house inaugurated in 1994 in Emberménil pays homage to the Abbé Grégoire who led the fight for the abolition of slavery, torn off at the National Convention in 1794 and rose against his recovery in 1802, supported Toussaint Louverture and the young Republic of Haiti, being successively opposed to Napoleon and the Bourbons of the Restauration. The ashes of the man who was called “the friend of the blacks” were transferred to the Pantheon in 1989.
Chairman of the Grégoire Committee and curator: François BIER: phone: 03.83.71.20.56
Place de l’Abbé Grégoire - 54370 EMBERMENIL
Phone/fax: 03.83.71.20 .57 (town hall)
Website: https://musee-abbe-gregoire.fr/
More information:
Office du Tourisme de Lunéville: Place du Château Stanislas - 54300 LUNEVILLE
Phone: 03.83.74.06.55 Fax: 03.83.73.57.95
Website: www.ot-lunevillois.com
