Code Noir

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:French_National_Convention
1794
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:French_West_Indies
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Saint-Domingue
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1685
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major document in Atlantic slave trade history
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gptkbp:influenced subsequent colonial codes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:provides defined legal status of slaves
prohibited Jews from French colonies
regulated treatment of slaves
required conversion of slaves to Catholicism
restricted manumission
gptkbp:purpose regulate slavery in French colonies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:colonialism
slavery in the Americas
gptkbp:subject gptkb:colonialism
race relations
slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Louisiana_Creoles
gptkb:Creoles_of_color
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6