France moves towards symbolic repealing of slavery legislation
The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese.
France Repeals Slavery-Era Code Noir
- What to know about Code Noir slavery law Associated Press —
- France moves towards symbolic repealing of slavery legislation Le Monde —
- France moves to repeal Code Noir, the slavery law it never abolished ABC News —
- French parliament backs repeal of slavery-era edicts, dodges reparations call The Straits Times —
- What to know about Code Noir, a shocking French law that oversaw the slavery of 1.4 million Africans The Independent —