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France inches toward symbolic repealing of slavery legislation
PARIS: Lawmakers were moved to tears in parliament Thursday as France inched toward repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as “moveable goods,” in a symbolic move as the country grapples with its colonial legacy. The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese.
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africanews.com
French lower house approves repeal of 17th-century slavery law | Africanews
French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and…
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apnews.com
France moves to repeal Code Noir, the slavery law it never abolished
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.
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france24.com
France moves to repeal yet-to-be-abolished slavery law, Code Noir
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vote on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies which was never formally repealed even after the…
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France moves towards symbolic repealing of slavery legislation
France is Thursday expected to move towards repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as "moveable goods", in a symbolic move as the country…
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rfi.fr
France votes unanimously to abolish Code Noir, a colonial-era slavery law
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voted on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies that was never formally repealed even after the abolition of…
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abcnews.com
French lower house adopts bill to repeal 17th-century slavery law governing France’s colonies
French lower house adopts bill to repeal 17th-century slavery law governing France’s colonies
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ynetnews.com
France finally scraps 17th-century law expelling Jews from colonies
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
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What to know about Code Noir, a shocking French law that oversaw the slavery of 1.4 million Africans
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.
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gulfnews.com
France votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code - finally
France’s National Assembly unanimously repeals the slavery-era Code Noir, confronting a brutal colonial legacy that still shapes racism and inequality today.
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theguardian.com
France votes to end slavery-era law which classed people as property
The vote to repeal ‘Code Noir’, which saw slaves beaten, raped and killed in France’s colonies, comes almost 180 years after its abolition of slavery
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arabnews.com
France inches toward symbolic repealing of slavery legislation
PARIS: Lawmakers were moved to tears in parliament Thursday as France inched toward repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as “moveable…
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dw.com
France moves to symbolically repeal slavery legislation
Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as the "Code noir" or Black Code. The bill stops short of some…
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jamaica-gleaner.com
France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code
(AP) — For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on the books. On Thursday, the lower…
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it.euronews.com
Francia verso la cancellazione dei decreti sulla schiavitù coloniale
Il Parlamento francese avvia l’abolizione del “Code noir”, i decreti coloniali che definivano gli schiavi come beni mobili. Un gesto simbolico nel confronto con il passato…
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pbs.org
French parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code
France abolished slavery in 1848, but the Code Noir was never formally eliminated as a law. The vote is seen as a significant step in addressing France's colonial past.
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euronews.com
France inches towards symbolic repeal of 'Code noir' slavery law
France abolished enslaving humans more than 170 years ago and in 2001 recognised slavery and the slave trade as "crimes against humanity." #EuropeNews