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1685-00-00: (France Enacts the Code Noir, the Legal Framework Governing Slavery Across All French Colonies, a Document That Simultaneously Regulated and Legi…

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1685-00-00: (France Enacts the Code Noir, the Legal Framework Governing Slavery Across All French Colonies, a Document That Simultaneously Regulated and Legitimized the Enslavement of Human Beings): In 1685, France enacted the Code Noir, the comprehensive legal code that would govern the institution of slavery across all French colonies. The document was both a regulatory instrument and a moral catastrophe, codifying the enslavement of human beings into the bureaucratic language of imperial administration.