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[[File:Freedom Cry - Code Noir posters.png|thumb|250px|Haitian posters mentioning the ''Code Noir'']]
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The '''''Code Noir''''' (English: ''Black Code'') was a decree passed by [[Louis XIV of France]] in 1685, regulating the legal conditions and requirements of the [[Slavery|slave]] trade throughout the [[France|French]] colonies.<ref name="FC">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]] – [[Freedom Cry]]'' – [[Database: The Code Noir]]</ref>
The '''''Code Noir''''' (English: ''Black Code'') was a decree passed by [[Louis XIV of France]] in 1685, regulating the legal conditions and requirements of the [[Slavery|slave]] trade throughout the [[France|French]] colonies.


The Code Noir contained a number of restrictions on how slave owners could treat their slaves: forbidding cruel and unusual punishments, the separation of slave families, and the murder of a slave.
The Code Noir contained a number of restrictions on how slave owners could treat their slaves: forbidding cruel and unusual punishments, the separation of slave families, and the murder of a slave.<ref name="FC"/>


Despite this, the Code was largely ignored by slave owners throughout the [[Caribbean]], and transgression typically went unpunished. A notable transgressor was [[Pierre, Marquis de Fayet]], the Governor of [[Port-au-Prince]].
Despite this, the Code was largely ignored by slave owners throughout the [[Caribbean]], and transgression typically went unpunished. A notable transgressor was [[Pierre, Marquis de Fayet]], the Governor of [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name="FC"/>


==Reference==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]] – [[Freedom Cry]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]] – [[Freedom Cry]]'' {{Mo}}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:45, 16 May 2026

Haitian posters mentioning the Code Noir

The Code Noir (English: Black Code) was a decree passed by Louis XIV of France in 1685, regulating the legal conditions and requirements of the slave trade throughout the French colonies.[1]

The Code Noir contained a number of restrictions on how slave owners could treat their slaves: forbidding cruel and unusual punishments, the separation of slave families, and the murder of a slave.[1]

Despite this, the Code was largely ignored by slave owners throughout the Caribbean, and transgression typically went unpunished. A notable transgressor was Pierre, Marquis de Fayet, the Governor of Port-au-Prince.[1]

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