{"id":12633,"date":"2024-05-21T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/?post_type=dossier-documentaire&#038;p=12633"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:35:32","slug":"the-black-code-letters-patents-issued-by-louis-xv-determining-the-status-of-slaves-on-bourbon-island-and-ile-de-france-december-1723","status":"publish","type":"dossier-documentaire","link":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/dossiers-documentaires\/the-black-code-letters-patents-issued-by-louis-xv-determining-the-status-of-slaves-on-bourbon-island-and-ile-de-france-december-1723\/","title":{"rendered":"The black Code: letters patents issued by Louis XV determining the status of slaves on Bourbon Island and Ile de France. December 1723"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 54 articles of the code, inspired by the one issued for the French Caribbean islands in 1685, was applied on Bourbon as from 1723.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lettres_patentes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/visuel_C\u00b0_0940_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/visuel_C\u00b0_0940_001.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/visuel_C\u00b0_0940_001-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Letters patents. December 1723. <br>Coll. of Departmental Archives of Reunion Island, inv. C 940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:177px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the whole period of slavery, it determined the relations between masters and slaves as regards the rights and obligations of each of the group, as well as repressive measures. The main provisions concerned records of births, marriages and deaths, religious practices, work, civil incapacity of slaves etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05d0940cfbd5eba92f3fc4d77744787e\" style=\"color:#2247cf\"><br><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lettres_patentes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the document<\/a><\/span><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lettres_patentes_de_1723_connues_sous_le_nom_de_Code_Noir_transcription.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Download the transcript<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11758,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","types-dossiers":[40],"class_list":["post-12633","dossier-documentaire","type-dossier-documentaire","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","types-dossiers-archives-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dossier-documentaire\/12633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dossier-documentaire"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dossier-documentaire"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"types-dossiers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-dossiers?post=12633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}