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France overturns law classing people

France votes to remove law treating enslaved people as property two centuries after slavery

French lawmakers voted unanimously on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a 17th century slavery code that classified enslaved Africans as property and remained formally embedded in France’s legal framework nearly 180 years after slavery was abolished.

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

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Shock as France now scraps 'Black Code' slavery law that classified people as property, 180 years after abolishing slavery

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

For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained ...

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France's National Assembly votes to repeal colonial-era Black Code

The French National Assembly unanimously voted to repeal the Code Noir, a colonial-era law that treated enslaved people as ...

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French parliament inches towards symbolic repeal of 'Code noir' slavery legislation

France abolished enslaving humans more than 170 years ago and in 2001 recognised slavery and the slave trade as "crimes ...

The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation

Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon ...

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The Brutal History That France Prefers to Ignore Is Being Heard at Last

In May 2025, François Bayrou, then the prime minister of France, fielded an unusual question from a member of Parliament: Why hadn’t France formally revoked the Code Noir, the ...

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