An act to encourage white men to come to continue and settle in this island.

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ANNO 11 ANNAE CAP. 3.

 
ENACTS, Clauses 2,3.--- That only one slave can be employed in a drogger, and, on wharves, only three shall be employed for and with any or every white man, and no more.
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Lunan, John. “An Abstract of the Laws of Jamaica Relating to Slaves. (From 33 Charles II. to 59 George III. inclusive.” Jamaica: Printed at the office of the Saint Jago de la Vega Gazette, 1819. (Pages: 1)

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"An act to encourage white men to come to continue and settle in this island." Laws of Enslavement and Freedom in the Anglo-Atlantic World, accessed Dec 3, 2024, https://slaveryandfreedomlaws.lib.unb.ca/laws/329 Copy

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