France’s Parliament Votes to Repeal Slavery-Era Black Code
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Shock as France now scraps 'Black Code' slavery law that classified people as property, 180 years after abolishing slavery
For almost 200 years after France abolished slavery, the “Code Noir” (Black Code), which allowed enslaved humans to be treated as property, was still in place. The colonial-era law turned enslaved ...
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