Decree no. 798, also dated 18 June 1851, set rules for registering births and deaths. In a slaveholding society, recording a child’s status could help reproduce an owner’s claim across generations. The National Archives notes that the regulations were scheduled to take effect in 1852 and met widespread resistance, in part because free people feared being wrongly registered or returned to enslavement. The recordkeeping scheme demonstrates how bureaucratic paperwork could reinforce status and how communities contested its reach.
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What did Decree 798 regulate?
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The decree set civil registration rules, including in a slaveholding social order.