The treaty guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. Slave code Upon taking up his post he had to deal with the Mina uprising in the vicinity of New Roads. Having assumed office just after the first stages of the Haitian Revolution, Carondelet was concerned that mistreatment of slaves might provoke additional rebellions in Louisiana; hence, he promptly introduced a slave code giving some protection to the slaves, which prescribed standards for quantity and quality of food and clothing. This initiative created a certain amount of tension between him and the slaveholders. Carondelet responded by developing a stronger relationship with the slave and free-colored populations. He commissioned 29 free men of color in the militia and was proud of the three companies he formed with soldiers of African descent. President of the Real Audiencia de Quito (Ecuador) (1799 – 1807) After his term in Louisiana, Carondelet served as President of the Real Audiencia de Quito from 1799 through his death in 1807, supervising territory including present-day Ecuador, parts of Peru and Colombia. He was known as a moderate person who refrained from the arrogance and arbitrary behavior so often associated with functionaries. In 1803 he assisted the naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland during their visit to Quito. An educated man with progressive interests, he also helped the naturalist and geographer Francisco José de Caldas and the orator José Mejía Lequerica. In 1803, Indian insurrections took place in Guamote, Columbe and Yaruquies. Carondolet awarded the Cacique de Licán, José Leandro Zepla y Oro, with a position as the Regidor del Cabildo de Riobamba in 1805, for his loyalty during these uprisings. Carondolet improved the road to Guayaquil, and was a patron of the construction of the dome of the Cathedral of Quito. After his death on August 10, 1807, he was interred at the Cathedral. Namesakes in North and South America The Carondelet Canal in New Orleans was constructed on his orders and named for him. (It was filled in during the 1930s, with its turning basin the origin for the name of Basin Street.) Carondelet Street in New Orleans Carondelet Farm in San Diego, California, named after the New Orleans street Carondelet Street in Mandeville, Louisiana Carondelet, a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri Fort Carondelet, a fort located on the Osage River in Vernon County, Missouri Carondelet Presidential Palace in Quito, Ecuador Carondelet Street in