French lower house approves repeal of 17th-century slavery law

French lower house approves repeal of 17th-century slavery law

French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and long-awaited move.

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