French MPs vote to repeal regulation that ruled slavery in colonies.
The “Code Noir” (or Black Code) is a regulation many have been shocked to find nonetheless existed in France.
It dates again 400 years and descriptions the principles that ruled slavery in French Caribbean colonies – guidelines that allowed slave house owners to deal with their labourers as property that may very well be purchased, offered and inherited; guidelines that permitted merciless punishment comparable to beatings – usually to dying – and hangings.
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This week, French MPs voted unanimously to repeal the laws. However is that sufficient?
And does it provide reparatory justice to the descendants of the victims of slavery?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Visitors:
Liliane Umubyeyi – Cofounder and government director of the African Futures Lab
Marlene Daut – Professor of French and African diaspora research at Yale College
Anne Giudicelli – International relations specialist and former safety analyst for the French Overseas Workplace
Printed On 29 Could 2026
