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Late last week, the French parliament voted to explicitly overturn a 17th-century law that regulated enslavement in the country’s colonies.  In a unanimous vote of 254-0, the National Assembly voted to adopt a bill dedicated to repealing Code Noir, a decree made by King Louis XIV in 1685. Article 44 of the law declared that [...] The post French Lawmakers Vote to Overturn the Code Noir, the 1685 Decree That Regulated Slavery appeared first on TheHub.news .