1724
Colonial legislationSupplement
Louisiana adopts its Code Noir
French Louisiana; enslaved people and free Black residents
The Louisiana code regulated slavery and the lives of free people of African descent. Colonial authorities used a racial and religious legal order to govern labor, marriage, punishment and manumission.
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Context / qualification
A separate adaptation of the French imperial slave regime.