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1687-May-06

1687-May-06: The Sovereign Council of Saint-Domingue officially registers the Code Noir.

1687-May-06: The Sovereign Council of Saint-Domingue officially registers the Code Noir. This act formalized the legal framework for slavery within the colony’s administrative and judicial systems.

Source Madiou, Histoire d'Haïti, Tome III, 495; Ghachem, The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution, 18