usbands master. Mostly slaves weren't allowed to marry but in the french colonies it could only be carried out if their master agreed to it and it wouldn't be recognized unless it was a catholic wedding. The more and more the slaves fought back the more intense the codes became they began to gamble the slaves away or use them as a loan or an asset or possibly even giving them away as a gift anything to keep them from gaining morale and over coming the slave owners. If they managed to escape they were publicly whipped for their first time the second time they were branded on a cheek the third offense they lost an ear and after the third offense it was death if they got caught. They did insanely cruel punishments to slave run aways they used
