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The 1709 ordinance by the intendant of New France that made the purchase of "Panis and Negroes" lawful property.

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Raudot’s ordinance of 1709. The 1709 ordinance by the intendant of New France that made the purchase of “Panis and Negroes” lawful property.

1709

The colonial administration of New France signed into law Raudot’s ordinance of 1709.

Raudot’s ordinance of 1709 features Four governments’ laws on Native land and labour, 1542 to 1830.

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