carnun (Hendrik Schalekamp)
Well done France, getting rid of old slavery laws and acknowledging the harm done by this horrific injustice https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/france-votes-code-noir-slavery-law-colonialism
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

The Guardian
May 28 at 6:59pmWeb