The indigénat policy was introduced by the French colonies in various forms and degrees of severity to control and exploit the French colonial population and subject them to arbitrary punishments, forced labour and a separate court system. It was an obnoxious policy that gave French officials the right to arbitrarily arrest and imprison any African for about two yeas without trial.
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