The Christian black codes of 1724?

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Answer by DR. FAHEEM JUDAH-EL www.lulu.com/egipt THE BLACK CODES OF 1724 Free People of Color

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Le Code Noir

"Black Codes"

March, 1724

Once free, according to the Black Code, persons of color were granted the rights of full citizenship except for three crucial exceptions; they could not vote, hold public office or marry a white person. Because all non-whites had to carry proof of either ownership by a master or proof of being freed, free people of color were expected to carry passes identifying their status. They were also not allowed to own or operate establishments where alcohol was sold. Louis, by the Grace of God, King of France and of Navarre, to all present and to come, greeting. THE "BLACK CODE" OF Louisiana March, 1724 ARTICLE I Decrees the expulsion of the Jews from the colony. ARTICLE II orders that all slaves in the province be instructed and baptized in the Catholic religion. ARTICLE V Orders Sundays and holidays to be regularly observed, and forbids all work by master or slaves, under penalty of confiscation of slaves and punishment of masters. The slaves, however, may be sent marketing. ARTICLE VI forbids marriage of whites with slaves, and concubi-nage of whites and manumitted or free-born blacks with slaves, and imposes penalties. ARTICLE VII orders to be observed, for marriages of free persons as well as of slaves, the solemnities of the ordinance of Blois and of the edict of 1639. The consent of the parents of the slave is not necessary, but only that of the master. ARTICLE VIII forbids curates to celebrate marriages of slaves without consent of the masters, and forbids masters to force their slaves to marry against their will. ARTICLE IX enacts that children born from the marriages of slaves shall belong to the master of the mother. ARTICLE X enacts that if the husband be a slave and the wife a free woman, the children shall be free like their mother. If the husband be free and the wife a slave, the children shall be slaves. ARTICLE XII forbids slaves to carry offensive Weapons or heavy sticks, under penalty of the whip and confiscation of the weapons in favor of the person seizing them. Slaves that are sent hunting by their masters, and carry notes or known marks, are excepted. ARTICLE XIII forbids slaves belonging to different masters to assemble in crowds, by day or by night, under pretext of weddings or other causes, either at one of their masters or elsewhere, and still less on the highways or secluded places, under penalty of corporal punishment, which shall not be less than the whip and the fleur-de-lys; and in case of repetition of the offense and other aggravating circumstances, capital punishment may be applied, at the discretion of the Judges. It also commands all subjects of the King, whether officers or not, to seize and arrest the offenders and conduct them to prison, although there be no Judgment against them.... ARTICLE XIX forbids masters to abstain from feeding and clothing their slaves, by permitting them to work for their own account on a certain day of the week. ARTICLE XX authorizes slaves to give information against them masters, if not properly fed or clad, or if treated inhumanly. ARTICLE XXII declares that slaves can have nothing that does not belong to their masters, in whatever way acquired. ARTICLE XXIIII orders that masters be held responsible for what their slaves have done by their command. ARTICLE XXIV forbids slaves from exercising public functions, from serving as arbitrators or experts, from giving testimony except in default of white people, and from ever serving as witnesses for or against their masters. ARTICLE XXV forbids slaves from being parties to civil suits or complainants in criminal cases. Their masters shall act for them in civil cases and demand reparation or punishment for outrages and excesses committed against them. ARTICLE XXVII Any slave who shall have struck his master, his mistress, or the husband of his mistress, or their children, so as to produce a bruise or shedding of blood in the face, shall be put to death. Document Two: Virginia Laws for Blacks - 17th and 18th Centuries from "This is your Moorish Education Part 3 by Faheem Judah-EL AXUM PUBLICATIONS - www.lulu.com/egipt