This image illustrates a view from settlements set up in Antigua by Moravian missionary occupation in the early 19th century. Here, this Moravian settlement with a view on Cedarhall set up a church in 1822 providing mandatory beginning education for enslaved persons. Missionary education in the lead-up to the abolition of chattel enslavement instructed the gift of freedom and civilisation to African populations as gifts from the British Empire.

PARIS | For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on its books. On Thursday, the lower house of Parliament voted to wipe it from French law.