Slave Codes

A collection of historical laws on chattel slavery across the Americas

What are Slave Codes?

Laws pertaining to slavery and the enslaved during the Atlantic slave trade and chattel slave in the Americas

What is the website?

A repository of slave codes from the various enslaving powers in the Americas. Slave codes are translated into English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Learn your history

Our blog will details the echoes and effects of slave codes from the past and how they show up in today's world. Yes. If you are reading this, they effect you.

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Posted July 20, 2024