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WORLDLOWJun 24 · Jun 24, 2026, 2:40 AM

France's ambiguous memory of slavery

Le Monde [en]

Although the Code Noir was finally officially repealed on May 28, it is important to remember that slavery in the French colonies reached its height precisely as the universalist ideals of the Enlightenment were spreading in France, writes journalist Jérôme Gautheret.

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