Code Noir bans every religion but the Catholic one (France and its colonies, March 1685)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1685 · Places: Ayiti, Europe, Africa
SUMMARYCode Noir bans every religion but the Catholic one (France and its colonies, March 1685) [Connections: Ayiti spirit, first-person, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDPromulgated by Louis XIV, drafted under the Marine ministry (Colbert, then Seignelay). Article 2 ordered enslaved people baptized and instructed in the Catholic religion; Article 3 prohibited the public exercise of any religion other than the Catholic (as summarized by Wikipedia). HOSTILE witness: the slaveholding state
PATTERNAfrican and Aboriginal worship was made illegal by default, so every later "secret cult" story starts from a ban
LENS (WW9)Our priests went underground because the law forced them to
OPENPull the exact French text of Articles 2–3 (1685 edition) for a verbatim quote