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Originally Posted by sopas ej
Here you go, Louisiana's Code Noir from 1724: https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ode-noir-1724/
Look at code 43 (hehe I'm glad I remember my Roman numerals).
I'm not denying that slaves in Louisiana were treated harshly. But New Orleans society developed differently than other societies in the South for the reasons I mentioned before. |
Thank you. No, I totally misread the original post that said when it was a French colony... I misread that to mean that because it was a former French colony thing were this or that way when it became a part of the US.