DECREE of the Conseil of Port-au-Prince, concerning lodgings rented to the enslaved, and the sale of Wine or Tafia by the said enslaved

HAVING seen the criminal trial conducted at the Siège of Port-au-Prince against Thélémaque, and the Sentence which declares the said nègre Télémaque, etc.; and forbids all Owners of Houses, of whatever rank and condition they may be, to rent to enslaved nègres Houses in whole or in part, under any pretext whatever; likewise forbids all persons holding enslaved people to permit them to carry on any trade on account of the said enslaved, and to let them go about wandering, as those it calls vagabonds, and live at their pleasure in return for a payment, whether by the day or by the month, on pain, for the Owners of Houses and for those who claimed to own the enslaved, of a fine of a thousand livres the first time, and further of confiscation of the said enslaved for our profit in case of repeat offense; orders that the said Sentence shall be read, published and posted, etc.