Legacy
- In homage to his fight against slavery, the commune of Case-Navire (Martinique) took the name of Schœlcher on 1888.
- The commune of Fessenheim made from his family's house the Victor Schoelcher museum.
- The Place Victor Schoelcher in Aix-en-Provence is named for him.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)