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1677-10-04

REGULATIONS of the Conseil de la Martinique, concerning the Policing of the Enslaved

Haitian

Enslaved Thieves.

ART. I. Nègres convicted of stealing poultry, pigs or sheep, not exceeding the value of 100 livres of sugar, shall be punished by their enslavers; and if the theft exceeds that value, the nègres shall be sentenced to have an ear cut off in case of a repeat offense; in both cases the enslavers are bound to make good the damages.

ART. II. For thefts of horses, oxen, cows or donkeys, the leg cut off for the first offense, and hanging in case of a repeat; the enslaver is liable for the damage, unless he prefers to give up the nègre. Nègres marrons.

ART. III. Nègres marrons, from fifteen days up to two months, the whip and the fleur de lys; from four months up to six, the hamstring cut; and beyond six months, the legs cut off; to which end the enslavers are bound to make declarations to the Officer of the Quarter of the names and ages of the said marrons.

Nègres who strike White people.

ART. IV. All nègres who strike a White person shall be hanged and strangled; if the said White person dies, the said nègres shall be broken alive.

Notes and Sticks.

Source  ·  p. act 00:214 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 1) (1784-1790), p. act 00:214