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1746-12-30

DECLARATION OF THE KING, concerning the crimes committed by Vénéfices and Poisons

Haitian

LOUIS, etc. On what has been represented to Us, that notwithstanding the provisions We have made for the punishment of the crimes committed by vénéfice and poison, there were found in our Colonies of the Windward Islands of America, principally among the enslaved nègres, persons wicked enough to make use of the said vénéfices and poisons, to the detriment of the lives of our Subjects of the said Colonies; that there occurred, among

Source  ·  p. act 03:837 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 3) (1784-1790), p. act 03:837