Code Noir

Julien Raimond - Campaigned for Code Noir's promise of equality for freed people

noir — 1685 slave code promulgated under Louis XIV.

The Loix et Constitutions supplements and extends the Code Noir, compiling the ordinances and administrative rulings that translated the foundational slave code into daily colonial governance.

Vincent Ogé - Demanded enforcement of rights for gens de couleur

The case exposed the contradiction between the Code Noir's nominal protections and planter impunity in practice

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noir -- Legal framework

noir --- Legal framework that regulated enslaved people's dress and behavior

French Revolution - Would ultimately challenge the Code Noir's racial hierarchy

Code Noir - Legal framework

de-couleur - Mixed-race population whose status was progressively restricted

Code Noir - The legal system the revolution destroyed

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Code Noir - The legal framework (including feast day requirements)

Legal framework governing possessions

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Code Noir - The law that governed (and was ignored)

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