1733-12-07
LETTER of M. le Général to the Gouverneur of the Cap, concerning People of Mixed Blood and Those Who Marry Beneath Them
Haitian
THE Order of the King, Sir, is that no settler of mixed blood may hold any office in the Judicature or in the Militias; I also wish that no settler who marries a négresse or mulâtresse may be an Officer or hold any post in the Colony. I beg you to observe these two points; and in case I am informed that a matter so important has not been observed, I will dismiss, when I have knowledge of it, the Officers who are in the Militias or who hold other posts. I have the honor to be, &c. Signed, THE MARQUIS DE
Source · p. act 03:371
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 03:371