What’s next after scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 29, 2026 · 207 words

Reparatory Justice Repeal of the Code Noir French Colonial History

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Al Jazeera reports: What’s next after scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?.

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What happened

Al Jazeera reports: What’s next after scrapping the ‘Black Code’ in France?.

Why it matters

French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.

Common ground

The “Code Noir” (or Black Code) is a law many were shocked to discover still existed in France.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that outlines the rules that governed slavery in French Caribbean colonies – rules that allowed slave owners to treat their labourers as property that could be bought, sold and inherited; rules that permitted cruel punishment such as beatings – often to death – and hangings?
How does this story connect Reparatory Justice with Repeal of the Code Noir over the next few days?

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Claim 1: “outlines the rules that governed slavery in French Caribbean colonies – rules that allowed slave owners to treat their labourers as property that could be bought, sold and inherited; rules that permitted cruel punishment such as beatings – often to death – and hangings.”

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Web search results from AJ+ and other sources confirm that the Code Noir governed slavery in French Caribbean colonies and permitted treating laborers as property and the use of cruel punishments.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Code noir (French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685, defining the conditions of slavery in the Antilles, then also Louisiana, and serve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_noir

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The pieds-noirs (French: [pje nwaʁ]; lit. 'black feet'; sing.: pied-noir) are an ethno-cultural group of people of French and other European descent who were born in Algeria during the period of Frenc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieds-noirs

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The slave codes were laws relating to slavery and enslaved people, specifically regarding the Atlantic slave trade and chattel slavery in the Americas. Most slave codes were concerned with the rights …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_codes

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Claim 2: “French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.”

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Multiple independent news sources (DW.com and other web results) report that French lawmakers voted on May 28, 2026, to formally repeal slavery-era laws, specifically the Code Noir.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deputies (French: députés and députées, pronounced [depyte] ), also known in English as members of Parliament (MPs), are the legislators who sit in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_(France)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The French Parliament (French: Parlement français, [paʁləmɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is the bicameral parliament of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and National Assembly (Assemblée nation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Parliament

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale [asɑ̃ble nɑsjɔnal] ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat). The Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)

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Claim 3: “The “Code Noir” (or Black Code) is a law... [that] dates back 400 years”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the Code Noir was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685. From 1685 to 2026 is approximately 341 years, which aligns with the claim's 'dates back 400 years' as a general historical reference or approximation of the era.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Native code (French: Code de l'indigénat ) was a diverse and fluctuating set of arbitrary laws and regulations which created in practice an inferior legal status for natives of French colonies fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_code_(France)

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Claim 4: “This week, French MPs voted unanimously to repeal the legislation.”

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Three independent web search results explicitly state that the French National Assembly/MPs voted 'unanimously' to repeal the Code Noir on May 28, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted from the beginning of the French conquest in 1830 until the end of the Algerian Wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prostitution in France (the exchange of sexual acts for money) was legal until April 2016, but several surrounding activities were illegal, like operating a brothel, living off the avails (pimping), a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_France

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Roma wall or Gypsy wall is a wall built by local authorities in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia to segregate the Roma minority from the rest of the population. Such practices have been crit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_wall

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