French colonial law dictated unbaptized slaves’ burials in isolated fields

Evidence

Unbaptized African slaves—called bossales—who had died soon after their arrival were buried around the “Croix bossale.” (The 1685 Code Noir, which governed the treatment of slaves in the French colonies, stipulated that unbaptized slaves be buried “at night in a field near the place where they died.”) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 53

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘bossales’ — newly arrived, unbaptized African slaves — and contrasts them against creole slaves.
• XREF: connects to: The Code Noir of 1685 required night burial for unbaptized slaves; Enslaved people defied authorities to maintain their own burial grounds
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Code Noir of 1685 required night burial for unbaptized slaves; Enslaved people defied authorities to maintain their own burial grounds

Broader Connections

• The Code Noir of 1685 required night burial for unbaptized slaves #corroborates (0.95)