France formally repeals slavery-era ‘Code Noir’
France’s Senate unanimously voted Tuesday to formally abolish the Code Noir, a set of royal decrees passed by King Louis XIV in 1685 that legally regulated slavery and defined the…
Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
France’s Senate unanimously voted Tuesday to formally abolish the Code Noir, a set of royal decrees passed by King Louis XIV in 1685 that legally regulated slavery and defined the…