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What’s Next After Scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?
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France legislature unanimously repeals texts codifying slavery
The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously voted to repeal texts codifying slavery. MP Max Mathiasin sponsored the bill to repeal the Code Noir, which was first tabled on September 16, 2025. The Code Noir is “a set of texts promulgated between 1685 and 1724 that regulated and codified slavery in the French colonies.” The code was never repealed, despite the abolition of slavery in 1848. During the parliamentary session, Mathiasin state…
The law turned human beings into property, allowing them to be exploited, beaten, sold, raped and killed.
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