(1) Africans can, during the term of five years, recover any property of which they have been deprived in person, or which was taken from their fathers, mothers, grandparents, or their collateral relatives as far as the third degree, provided this is not barred by legal prescription.
  (2) They shall be required to prove their parentage on both sides.
  (3) All Africans are subject to the Roman laws.