Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent

The complete compilation of every law, edict, ordinance, and regulation governing France's Caribbean colonies (primarily Saint-Domingue) from colonization through 1789, published in six volumes (1784–1790) by the white creole lawyer and colonial administrator Moreau de Saint-Méry. Includes the Code Noir (1685 original and 1724 revision), royal edicts on slavery and gens de couleur, colonial administrative regulations, and court decisions — constituting the primary legal source for understanding how racial categories were legally constructed and how the plantation system was created and maintained through law.