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The Code noir — The edict of March 1685 regulating slavery in the French islands of America
An edict prepared by Colbert and completed after his death by his son Seignelay, in sixty articles, on “the state and quality of the slaves” of the islands of America. It made the slave a chattel, imposed baptism on him, expelled the Jews from the colonies, and remained in force — the interval of 1794 to 1802 excepted — until the abolition of 1848. (Editorial synthesis)
The Code noir took place in March 1685. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
The Code noir took place in Versailles. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
The Code noir ended in the slave of the islands of America declared a chattel, bound to Catholic baptism, and the Jews expelled from the colonies. (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
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