France's Parliament Votes to Repeal Slavery-Era Black Code, with Tears and History in the Chamber
Lawmakers voted 254-0 to remove the slavery-era edict from French law, and the measure now goes to the Senate.
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France's parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber
A statue is photographed by French artist Didier Audrat in Paris, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, honoring the memory of the abolition of slavery, depicting Solitude, the daughter of an African slave who was raped by a sailor aboard the ship transporting her to the Caribbean, holding the proclamation of Louis Delgres, an anti-slavery resistance leader calling for resistance and struggle. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)A statue named “Chains,” by French artis…
Slavery-era ‘Black Code’ finally outlawed in France - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
By Thomas Adamson Contributing Writer PARIS (AP) — France’s powerful lower house has voted finally to scrub a fundamental slavery-era edict from French law. After the National Assembly voted 254-0 to adopt the bill to repeal Code Noir, it now goes to the Senate, where supporters expect it to be approved as well. Code Noir — or Black Code — was signed by King Louis XIV at Versailles Palace in 1685 to set the rules for slavery across France’s colo…
Less than a year from the presidential election of 2027, we already have more than twenty candidates. And several candidates at the centre... On 28 May, the deputies voted unanimously for the abrogation of the "black code", 178 years after the abolition of slavery. Have the traces of colonization disappeared?
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