On Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution, France’s new governing ...

On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show of unanimity — to adopt a bill repealing Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 ...

During and after WWI, thousands of American women acted as mothers for displaced French children. A war studies research ...

For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property remained quietly in place. The bill, expected to be adopted by the National Assembly, ...

Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as the "Code ...

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An old decree has returned to public attention after generations of neglect. The vote has renewed questions about recognition ...

France’s lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to formally repeal a series of slavery-era royal decrees known as the “Code noir” or Black Code, ...

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By Elizabeth Pineau SARCELLES, France, June 2 (Reuters) - When Bassi Konate became mayor of Sarcelles this spring, the ...

On Thursday, May 28, France is expected to move towards repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its ...

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 ...