France Legislature Unanimously Repeals Texts Codifying Slavery
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France scrapes the »Code noir«, which laid the foundation for slavery. A natural and overdue step – but not a pain-free one.
The National Assembly unanimously voted on Thursday, 28 May, the official repeal of the Black Code and the texts that framed slavery in the French colonies. While this symbolic gesture was welcomed by all the parliamentary groups, the Vendean MP Véronique Besse recalled that "all the treatises must be taught" and argued for the repeal of other texts inherited from the French Revolution, particularly those relating to "the annihilation of the Ven…
French Lawmakers Vote to Repeal Archaic ‘Code Noir’ Slavery Law, Debate Reparations
French lawmakers voted unanimously on Thursday to formally repeal an archaic slavery-era law still on the statute books, while stopping short of demands for reparations. Though slavery was abolished by France in 1848, the “Code noir” had never been repealed. The legislation stems from the 1685 royal decree of King Louis XIV, which governed enslaved people as “movable property” within French colonies. The largely symbolic step comes amid demands…
Despite a unanimous vote in the National Assembly on Thursday, 28 May, the elected members of the left-wing assembly as well as researchers regret the rejection of the amendment clearly mentioning in the text La Réunion and Maurice. According to them, the adopted law invisivizes the trafficking of the French colonies of the Mascareignes.
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