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DESCRIPTION:As part of the series “Slavery Old and New: Labour Exploitation
  through the Ages and around the Globe”\, Prof. Jean-François Niort (Unive
 rsité des Antilles). Jean-François Niort est Docteur en science politique 
 (Paris 1)\, et maître de conférences à l'Université des Antilles et de la 
 Guyane depuis 2004.\n\nLunch will be provided\, RSVPs to oppenheimer [at] 
 mcgill.ca are appreciated.\n\nLegal Frameworks and Economic Practices Arou
 nd Slave Labour in Colonial Society: The Case of the French West Indies (G
 uadeloupe-Martinique) in the 18th Century \n\nKindly note that this talk w
 ill be in French.\n\nAbstract\n\nThis talk aims to clarify the relationshi
 p between the legal frameworks and economic practices around slave labour 
 in colonial society of the Little French West Indies ('Petites Antilles' :
  Guadeloupe et Martinique) through the evolution of legal rules in the 18t
 h century. Two enactments were particularly significant: the Royal decree 
 ('Edit') of March 1685 regulating slavery in the French colonies (commonly
  referred to as the 'Code Noir' or ‘’Black Code’’) and the Decree ('Ordonn
 ance') of the Governor General of the West Indies on the ‘’police générale
  des nègres et gens de couleur’’ of December 1783.\n\nIndeed\, by comparin
 g the two enactments and their incentives\, we notice\, on one hand\, the 
 nature and magnitude of the economic practices already identified by histo
 rians (such as G. Bebien\, J. Fallope\, A. Perotin-Dumon\, F. Régent\, C. 
 Oudin-Bastide). On the other hand\, we also uncover the modalities with wh
 ich colonial authorities have tried to supervise and regulate these econom
 ic practices since the 17th century\, with varying success.\n\nAll of this
  confirms the overall pattern of a highly complex colonial society where e
 ach group of social actors (different social categories of slaves and owne
 r-inhabitants\, central State\, as well as different types of local coloni
 al authorities) defends its own economic interests in the context of a com
 mon strategy of avoidance and circumvention of the law - which led to the 
 recurrent reaffirmation of the legal norm - to its solidification and adap
 tation nearly proportional to its degree of practical inefficiency.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 107 (via video-conference)\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montre
 al\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Legal Frameworks and Economic Practices Around Slave Labour in Colo
 nial Society
URL:/law/channels/event/legal-frameworks-and-economic-
 practices-around-slave-labour-colonial-society-254194
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