French Code Noir (1685)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:French_Second_Republic
1848
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Black_Code
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkb:Réunion
gptkb:French_Caribbean_colonies
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1685
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkbp:fullTitle Édit du Roi, touchant la police des îles de l'Amérique française
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major legal framework for slavery in French Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French Code Noir (1685)
gptkbp:influenced other colonial slave codes
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 60
gptkbp:provides defined legal status of slaves
prohibited Jews from French colonies
regulated treatment of slaves
required conversion of slaves to Catholicism
regulated manumission
regulated marriage and family of slaves
gptkbp:purpose regulate slavery in French colonies
gptkbp:subject gptkb:colonialism
race relations
slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Louisiana_Code_Noir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7