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

For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on its books. On Thursday, the lower house of...

Good News in History, May 1

219 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and pressed other nation...

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 killedFor almost 180 years after France abolished slavery, the Code Noir (Black Code)...

France legislature unanimously repeals texts codifying slavery

The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously voted to repeal texts codifying slavery. MP Max Mathiasin sponsored the bill to repeal Code Noir, which was first tabled on Sep...

Mauritius: Slavery - 'The Gravest Crime Against Humanity'

[L'Express] This past month, the global conversation on slavery took a giant leap forward. On the 25th of March 2026, the United Nations passed a resolution that affirmed chattel s...

France moves towards symbolic repealing of slavery legislation

France is Thursday expected to move towards repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as "moveable goods", in a symbolic move as the country grapp...

French lower house approves repeal of 17th-century slavery law

French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and...

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What’s next after scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?

French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.

Ιστορική ψήφος στη Γαλλία: Τέλος στον νόμο που νομιμοποιούσε τη δουλεία 180 χρόνια μετά την κατάργησή της

Σχεδόν 180 χρόνια μετά την κατάργηση της δουλείας, η Γαλλία κατήργησε ομόφωνα τον «Κώδικα των Μαύρων»

Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers

Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution endorsed by 123 votes.  Those voting either...

Modern slavery bill a triumph of parliamentary cooperation

Unrealised freedom at the end of the slave trade

The Bonds of Freedom by Jake Subryan Richards argues that liberated Africans continued to be coerced and exploited even after the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. Centring the...

Γαλλία: Ιστορική κατάργηση του «Code Noir» μετά από 340 χρόνια – Η Βουλή το ακυρώνει ομόφωνα

Σε μια συμβολική αλλά βαθιά φορτισμένη ιστορικά απόφαση, η Εθνοσυνέλευση της Γαλλίας ενέκρινε ομόφωνα την κατάργηση του διατάγματος που ρύθμιζε τη δουλεία στις γαλλικές αποικίες κα...

Slavery: Humanity found its voice, but US-Europe want it silenced By Owei Lakemfa

Humanity found its collective voice on March 25, 2026 by situating the 400 years of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and categorising it. Also, it sought ways of honouring the millio...

Adam Smith on Slavery

There were two types of slaves in Scotland during Adam Smith’s lifetime. The first were chattel slaves of African descent. This is what most people envision today when they think a...

Slavery’s atrocities had many global masters

Most historians date the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade to the year 1500, when Portuguese traders sailed down the coast of Africa.