France's ambiguous memory of slavery

NEWS ANALYSIS. Although the Code Noir has finally been officially repealed on May 28, it is important to remember that ...
Newsday

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

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, ...
Houston Chronicle

France moves to repeal Code Noir, the slavery law it never 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 ...
WFLA News Channel 8

France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber

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 ...