Not before time: 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 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #LegalHistory #EnslavedHistory
France overturns law classing people as property – 178 years after it abolished slaveryNational assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killedwww.theguardian.com