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Slave law repealed - France scraps code that governed colonies
For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on the statute books. Yesterday, the lower house of parliament voted to strike it from French law.The National Assembly voted 254 to zero, a rare show of unanimity, to adopt a bill repealing the Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 decree signed by King Louis XIV to govern enslaved people across France’s colonies.
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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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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.
