đź“… March 1685
The ordinance regulated slavery and racial hierarchy in French colonies, including the Caribbean. It mandated Catholicism and set rules governing enslaved people while affirming slaveholders’...
đź“… 6 May 1687
The 1685 French royal ordinance governing enslaved people in French Caribbean colonies was registered by the Sovereign Council of Saint-Domingue on 6 May 1687. The code regulated enslaved people as...
đź“… 20 September 1697
The Treaty of Ryswick, signed by France and Spain among other powers, formalized a European settlement that recognized French possession of the western part of Hispaniola. The agreement treated the...
đź“… 27 August 1701
A treaty signed at Madrid on 27 August 1701 authorized the French Royal Company of Guinea to supply enslaved Africans to Spain’s colonies. NALIS identifies this arrangement in its account of...
đź“… 5 May 1704
On 5 May 1704, Cayenne’s governing council registered the royal regulation of March 1685, later commonly called the Code Noir. Its application made colonial law explicitly organize enslaved people’s...
