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

Posted 5/28/26

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 to overturn Code Noir or Black Code on Thursday. It now goes to …

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