France repeals slavery law 178 years after abolition

France has voted to repeal the Code Noir, a 178-year-old slavery-era law that once defined enslaved people as property in its colonies.

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Slavery was abolished in France in 1848, marking a symbolic step toward confronting its colonial past.

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