What to know about Code Noir, a shocking French law that oversaw the slavery of 1.4 million Africans

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law. The National Assembly voted ...
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France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears, history in the chamber

On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0—a rare show of ...
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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 ...