World Heritage properties inscribed for criteria directly linked to slavery and the slave routes

Abstract: The following 15 World Heritage properties were inscribed for criteria directly linked to slavery and the slave routes: AFRICA Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cabo Verde) Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites (Gambia) Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (Ghana) Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius) Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius) Island of Mozambique (Mozambique) Island of Gorée (Senegal) EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom of Great britain and Northern Ireland) Statue of Liberty (United States of America) LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN Blue and John Crow Mountains (Jamaica) Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Argentina) Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison (Barbados) Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haiti) Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (Saint Kitts and Nevis) Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay)