The notorious Code Noir is gone. But people in Guadeloupe and Martinique continue to live with the consequences, says academic Marie-Annick Gournet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to The Associated Press, the vote passed 254-0, marking a rare moment of unity in France’s lower house of parliament.

PARIS — 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 Noir, ...

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies that was never formally repealed even after the abolition of slavery in 1848. The ...

Read full article: Virginia lawmakers pass budget despite data center controversies A photo of Kat Vaughn and the installed Flock device. PARIS – For nearly two centuries after France abolished ...

PARIS (AP) — For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property remained quietly in place. On Thursday, lawmakers will finally move to ...

PARIS (AP) — For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on the books. On Thursday, the lower house of ...

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