Louis XIV: 1638 -1715
"Le Roi Soleil"
King of France:
1643 - 1715
- Le Code Noir of 1685 permitted slavery in the Caribbean, but not officially in North America.
- In 1689, Louis XIV gave limited royal consent to the practice of slavery in New France.
- In 1709, Louis XIV gave full consent to colonists to own slaves "in full proprietorship."
"His Majesty finds it good that the inhabitants of Canada import negroes there to take care of their agriculture, but remarks that there is a risk that these negroes, coming from a very different climate, will perish in Canada; the project would then become useless."