Image Source - Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Standard

Learning Target

​Instructions
​Use the links below to read and answer the guided questions in your notes.

Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641)
     - Guided questions are located at the bottom of the page when you open the link - answer these in your notes

​The Code Noir (The Black Code) (1685)
​      - Directions - Read the following Description/Articles and answer the Guided Notes in your notes.
                 - Description
                 - Article I
                 - Article III
                 - Article XIII
                 - Article XVI
                 - Article XXXVIII

Guided Notes

• After reading through these passages/articles, how would you describe the rights of the enslaved persons in the French colonies?
  • Provide a 2 details from the Description/Articles that supports your thinking.