00:01For nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished in France, the colonial era law that classified human beings as movable
00:09property quietly remained in force.
00:12On Thursday, lawmakers finally moved to repeal it, a symbolic step as the country confronts its colonial legacy.
00:42The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese.
01:15Slavery was abolished 170 years ago in France, but its legacy endures through inequalities between mainland France and former colonies
01:23that are now overseas territories as well as racism.
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