Frankrijk had formeel nooit de Code Noir afgeschaft, de wet waarmee Lodewijk XIV de slavernij in de Franse koloniën wilde 'reguleren'.

France's parliament is moving to repeal a slavery law called Code Noir that has remained quietly in place for nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished.

French lawmakers are set to vote on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies which was never formally repealed even after the…

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies that was never formally repealed even after the abolition of…

Parlamentul Franței va dezbate un proiect de lege pentru abrogarea oficială a „Codului Negru”, o serie de decrete regale care defineau persoanele înrobite din coloniile drept…

Frankrijk had formeel nooit de Code Noir afgeschaft, de wet waarmee Lodewijk XIV de slavernij in de Franse koloniën wilde 'reguleren'.

Frankrijk heeft formeel nooit de Code Noir afgeschaft, de wet waarmee Lodewijk XIV de slavernij in de Franse koloniën wilde 'reguleren'.

French lawmakers unanimously repeal the 1685 Code Noir nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished, in a symbolic reckoning with a law that treated humans as property

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 to overturn Code Noir or Black Code on Thursday.

France’s National Assembly unanimously repeals the slavery-era Code Noir, confronting a brutal colonial legacy that still shapes racism and inequality today.