The notorious Code Noir is gone. But people in Guadeloupe and Martinique continue to live with the consequences
“Vive la République, et vive la France.”
Emmanuel Macron closed his 21 May speech marking…
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France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slavery ⊖⊖
National assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed
For almost 180 years after France abolished slavery, the Code Noir (Black Code) allowing enslaved …
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