Versions and territories of application The Code Noir was one of the many laws inspired by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who began to prepare the first (1685) version. After Colbert's 1683 death, his son, the Marquis de Seignelay, completed the document. It was ratified by Louis XIV and adopted by the Saint-Domingue sovereign council in 1687 after it was rejected by the parliament. It was applied in Quebec in 1685, then in the West Indies in 1687, Guyana in 1704, Réunion in 1723, and Louisiana in 1724.
Versions and territories of application The Code Noir was one of the many laws inspired by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who began to prepare the first (1685) version. After Colbert's 1683 death, his son, the Marquis de Seignelay, completed the document. It was ratified by Louis XIV and adopted by the Saint-Domingue sovereign council in 1687 after it was rejected by the parliament. It was applied in the West Indies in 1687, Guyana in 1704, Réunion in 1723, Louisiana in 1724 and Quebec in 1743.
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Quebec in 1685, then in
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Louisiana in 1724 and Quebec in 1743.