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Code Noir

This image depicts the title page of the 1743 edition of the 1724 Code Noir, which regulated slavery in Louisiana during the French Colonial period.

Code Noir

Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection

Code Noir. Paris: Librairies Associez, 1743.

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Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection
Date 1724-1789
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