The Code Noir, introduced in Louisiana in 1724, established laws regulating enslaved people's lives. The 1825 Louisiana Civil Code adopted some of the same provisions. Find a translated version of the Code Noir under Related Resources.

ID: 6295 ~ Source: Code noir, (Paris: Chez les libraires associez, 1743), The Historic New Orleans Collection, http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/2/4434.

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an…