<I>Le Code Noir</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1767
name: label: Printed by
content: Pierre Prault, French
notes: label: Description
content: Bound 446 page volume of 1767 "Le Code Noir" or "Black Code" with a red leather spine. The book covers are wrapped in a blue-green marbled paper and the edges are slightly worn. On the spine is embossed text in gold, above the center [LE / CODE NOIR]. Also on the spine are five sets of embossed lines, at regular intervals, with impressions of stylized foliage between each. Within the front cover are various marks in pencil near the top of the cover and pages [48056 / caribbean slavery / 4750 / ANAXVS / KK]. The interior pages are in tact but slightly water stained.
place: label: Place collected
content: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Martinique, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Saint Lucia, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Grenada, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.67
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink , paper , cardboard , leather
label: Dimensions
content: closed: 4 7/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (12.4 × 8.4 × 2.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: open: 4 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (12.4 × 13.3 × 8.3 cm)