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Read the excerpt from Article 38 of the French Code Noir (1685), a royal decree regulating slavery in the French empire:

"The fugitive slave who has been on the run for one month... shall have his ears cut off and shall be branded with a fleur-de-lis on one shoulder. If he commits the offense a second time... he shall have his hamstring cut and be branded... The third time, he shall be put to death."

Which of the following historical developments is best illustrated by the severe punishments outlined in this colonial code?

  1. A
    The ease with which enslaved individuals transitioned from temporary flight (petit maroonage) to establishing permanent, sovereign maroon communities (grand maroonage)
  2. The systemic threat that flight and maroonage posed to the colonial plantation economy, which led authorities to codify extreme physical violence to deter enslaved people from escapingCevap
  3. C
    The reliance of enslaved populations solely on overt flight rather than everyday, covert methods of resistance to challenge the plantation system
  4. D
    The integration of diverse West African legal practices regarding labor discipline into European colonial codes

Cevap

The correct option is the one stating that the severe punishments reflect the systemic threat that flight and maroonage posed to the colonial plantation economy, leading authorities to codify extreme physical violence as a deterrent.
The correct answer is correct because the Code Noir's extreme punishments reflect the critical threat that enslaved flight and maroonage posed to the plantation labor system. By imposing brutal physical penalties, French colonial authorities sought to deter others from escaping and to maintain control over their labor force.

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1
Analyze the primary source excerpt from the Code Noir (1685).
The source describes progressive, highly brutal physical punishments (mutilation, branding, and execution) for enslaved people who run away for a month or more.
To understand what behaviors the colonial authorities were attempting to regulate and how.
2
Relate the severity of the legal punishments to the historical context of maroonage and the colonial economy.
Flight and the formation of maroon communities disrupted the plantation labor force and threatened the colonial order, explaining why colonial states used extreme violence as a legal deterrent.
To determine the underlying motivation for these laws.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the one that accurately describes this relationship.
The option highlighting the systemic threat of flight and the use of extreme physical violence as a deterrent is the most historically accurate choice.
To select the correct answer and eliminate distractors that rely on misconceptions about maroonage and resistance.

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