Ordonnance Concernant l'Esclavage Au Canada
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Title
Ordonnance Concernant l'Esclavage Au Canada
Description
This document represents a significant turning point in the history of Canadian slavery. Issued by Intendant Jacques Raudot, a high-ranking royal official in New France, in 1709, this ordinance officially recognized the right of colonists to own enslaved Indigenous and Black people, in addition to outlining their rights as slave owners. Although enslavement was already commonplace in the colony before this date, the ordinance gave this practice its first legal foundation on a local scale and helped normalize it further within colonial Canadian society.
The cover itself is simple, but it shows that Canadian slavery was neither informal nor accidental, as it was explicitly supported by law.
The cover itself is simple, but it shows that Canadian slavery was neither informal nor accidental, as it was explicitly supported by law.
Creator
Jacques Raudot
Source
“Ordonnance concernant l’esclavage au Canada.” 1709. Encyclopedie du Centre des Memoires Montrealaises. https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/files/ordonnance-1709
Publisher
Encyclopedie du Centre des Memoires Montrealaises
Date
13 April 1709
Rights
Public Domain
Type
Legal Document
Files
Citation
Jacques Raudot, “Ordonnance Concernant l'Esclavage Au Canada,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/47.