Editing Slave codes (section)

==French slave codes==
The [[New France|French colonies in North America]]  were the only portion of the Americas to have an effective slave code applied from the center of the empire. King [[Louis XIV]] applied the [[Code Noir]] in 1685, and it was adopted by [[Saint-Domingue]] in 1687 and the [[French West Indies]] in 1687, [[French Guiana]] in 1704, [[Réunion]] in 1723, and [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana]] in 1724. It was never applied in [[Canada (New France)|Canada]], which had very few slaves. The Code Noir was developed in part to combat the spread of [[Protestantism]] and thus focuses more on religious restrictions than other slave codes. The Code Noir was significantly updated in 1724.<ref name="ingersoll, 1995, pp. 26-27" />

The city of [[New Orleans]] in Louisiana developed slave codes under Spain, France, and the United States, due to Louisiana changing hands several times, resulting in a very complex set of slave codes. The needs of the locals were usually held in favor over any outside laws.<ref name="ingersoll, 1995, pp. 23-24">Ingersoll 1995, pp. 23-24</ref>

France abolished slavery after the [[French Revolution]], first by freeing second-generation slaves in 1794.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A turbulent time : the French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean|last1=Gaspar|first1=David Barry|last2=Geggus|first2=David Patrick|date=1997|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253332479|pages=[https://archive.org/details/turbulenttimefre0000unse/page/60 60]|oclc=468033260|url=https://archive.org/details/turbulenttimefre0000unse/page/60}}</ref> Although it was reinstated under Napoleon with the [[Law of 20 May 1802]]