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France moves to repeal Code Noir slavery law

France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber

French lawmakers have voted to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people in France's colonies. The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved the bill to repeal Code Noir.

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France moves to repeal Code Noir slavery law after 340 years

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France moves to repeal Code Noir, a historic slavery-era law

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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 powerful lower house voted finally to scrub a fundamental slavery-era edict from French law on Thursday. After the ...

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France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery

National assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed ...

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