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1685-Mar.

1685-Mar.: The French Crown promulgates the Black Code (Code Noir).

1685-Mar.: The French Crown promulgates the Black Code (Code Noir). This comprehensive legal document was intended to regulate master-slave relations and ensure the conversion of slaves to Catholicism.

Source Fick, The Making of Haiti, 18; Ghachem, The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution, 4