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 property, restricted movement and family life, imposed Catholicism, and authorized violent discipline. Legal regulation did not prevent routine brutality; it organized a system built on coerced labor.
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What did the Code Noir’s registration in Saint-Domingue represent?
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Explanation
The code codified colonial controls and the legal status of enslaved people.