[Code] – THE BLACK CODE, OR COLLECTION OF REGULATIONS ISSUED HOURS CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE POLICE, DISCIPLINE & THE TRADE IN NEGRESS IN THE FRENCH COLONIES. AND THE COUNCILS & COMPANIES ESTABLISHED TO THIS END
[Code] – THE BLACK CODE, OR COLLECTION OF REGULATIONS ISSUED HOURS CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE POLICE, DISCIPLINE & THE TRADE IN NEGRESS IN THE FRENCH COLONIES. AND THE COUNCILS & COMPANIES ESTABLISHED TO THIS END
[Code] – THE BLACK CODE, OR COLLECTION OF REGULATIONS ISSUED HOURS CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE POLICE, DISCIPLINE & THE TRADE IN NEGRESS IN THE FRENCH COLONIES. AND THE COUNCILS & COMPANIES ESTABLISHED TO THIS END
    [Code]
    THE BLACK CODE, OR COLLECTION OF REGULATIONS ISSUED HOURS CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, THE POLICE, DISCIPLINE & THE TRADE IN NEGRESS IN THE FRENCH COLONIES. AND THE COUNCILS & COMPANIES ESTABLISHED ON THIS SUBJECT
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1767
    in-18, mottled blond calf, spine with raised bands and decoration, gilt title on black background, red edges, vignettes, (scratches and losses to one cover, to the edges, to the corners and to the lower headcap, some foxing), 3 leaves - 446 pages.
    The Code Noir was promulgated under Louis XIV, at the initiative of Colbert, in 1685, to provide a legal framework for slavery. It served as regulations for the government and administration of justice and the police, as well as for the discipline and trade of Black people and slaves. The slave was subject to both property law and personal law. Although criminally responsible and able to be baptized, married, or buried in consecrated ground, the slave could not be summoned in a civil trial or be a witness: the Black person was a thing with a price, who could be sold, inherited, or become part of a company's assets. They could be insured like any other property. “Black people and livestock are considered movable property, although unseizable.” They could not acquire any form of ownership. In effect, they were akin to livestock, which, lacking legal personhood, was deprived of possessions. This terrifying text was modified by an edict of 1724, which did not directly lessen its harshness. But the regulation of slavery also stemmed from other specific provisions: for example, those relating to the creation of the French East India Company, or the very difficult status of slaves sent to France (did they remain slaves, were they subject to special control, etc.). Our volume has the remarkable characteristic of containing all the texts since 1671 that relate to this issue, the two codes of 1685 and 1724, as well as all the letters patent, edicts, declarations, and decrees of the King's Council of State. It thus constitutes the best-documented source of information on the subject from that period. In particular, it allows us to see how blind the Enlightenment was to the condition of slaves.

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Mots-clés : Ancient Law - History of Law, Colonial Law

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