The 1685 Code Noir conflicted with masters’ wishes over how to control slaves.

Evidence

Masters and colonial administrators agreed that it was vital to contain this slave population. But they often disagreed vehemently about how to do it. The King’s 1685 Code Noir laid out detailed regulations regarding the treatment of slaves—their hours of labor, food, housing, clothes, and punishment—as well as related issues such as the process of emancipation. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 116