What to know about Code Noir, a shocking French law that oversaw the slavery of 1.4 million Africans (opens in new tab)

Covers France moves to repeal Code Noir, the slavery law it never abolished

PARIS (AP) — France’s powerful lower house voted finally to scrub a fundamental slavery-era edict from French law on Thursday. After the National Assembly voted 254-0 to adopt the bill to repeal Code ...

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