Based on the ethnographic studies Ary Gordien undertook in Guadeloupe and in activist Caribbean circles in Paris, this chapter explores how Afro-Guadeloupeans subjectively relate to the memory of slavery through genealogical research. Considering the composite and labile nature of collective identification processes in the Caribbean, the author seeks to comprehend whether the non-scholarly archival investigations carried out by his informants reveal unsuspected personal relations to slavery and its legacy. To that end, Gordien explores various organizations that address slavery and defines the theoretical postulates that guide their actions. The author focuses on individuals’ personal analyses and how they are linked to their individual sense of identity and belonging to a Guadeloupean, Caribbean, Black, or African community. Some give very essentialist definitions of personal and collective identities, while others focus on being hybrid and mixed-race. There exists a continuum of narratives on the identity and the past that exhaust this opposition and reveal both a common analytical framework and myriad personal interpretations.