Free-coloreds justified armed revolt by citing violated Code Noir rights

Evidence

It began with a history lesson. The “citizens of color” declared that the provisions “passed in their favor” in the 1685 Code Noir had been “violated by the progress of a ridiculous form of prejudice,” which had continued when the assemblies in the colony denied them the vote, and they had therefore been compelled to take up arms to defend their “violated and misunderstood rights.” Having set the record straight on their own actions, they noted (undoubtedly with considerable satisfaction) that it was good to see the “return of the white citizens to the true principles of reason, justice, humanity, and healthy policies.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 407

Categorization

• QUESTION: The 1685 Code Noir supposedly granted free-coloreds specific rights — worth chasing down exactly what those provisions were.
• ADDENDUM: The rhetoric of ‘prejudice’ being unreasonable and rights being violated echoes themes in the immodesty-moral-panics article.