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Jamaica
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Title
Year
Location
Apprehending Servants and Slaves
1661
Jamaica
An Act for ye punishing and ordering of Negro Slaves
1664
Jamaica
An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negro Slaves
1664
Jamaica
An act for establishing courts and directing the marshal’s proceedings.
1681
Jamaica
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves.
1696
Jamaica
An Act for raising Parties to Suppress Rebellious and Runaway Negroes.
1699
Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual raising Parties, to pursue and destroy Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.
1702
Jamaica
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.
1706
Jamaica
An act for regulating fees.
1711
Jamaica
An act to encourage white men to come to continue and settle in this island.
1712
Jamaica
An Act Encouraging the importation of White Servants.
1716
Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual punishing of Crimes committed by Slaves.
1717
Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement of voluntary Parties to suppress rebellious and runaway Negroes.
1718
Jamaica
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on the Transgressors of two several Acts, the one intituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of slaves, and the other intituled, An Act to prevent the enticing or inveiglng of Slaves from the Possessors; and for the preventing the transportation of Slaves from the Possessors' and for the preventing the Transportation of Slaves by Mortgagers and Tenants for Life or Years; and for regulating Abuses committed by Slaves.
1725
Jamaica
An Act to prevent the selling of Powder to rebellious, or any other Negroes whatsoever.
1730
Jamaica
An act to prevent hawking and pedling and disposing of goods clandestinely.
1735
Jamaica
An act to prevent the abuses committed by entertaining, concealing, or carrying off, any of his majesty’s soldiers, any white men or women servants, or slaves, belonging to any of the inhabitants of this island, without tickets; and for the better regulating servants and deciding difference between masters and servants.
1736
Jamaica
An act for the more effectual directing the marshal’s proceedings, and regulating thereof.
1736
Jamaica
An Act for confirming the Articles executed by Colonel John Guthrie, Lieutenant Francis Sadler, and Cudjoe the Commander of the Rebels; for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four white Persons, residing, or to reside at Trelawney Town; and for granting Freedom to Five Negroes who were Guides to Parties.
1739
Jamaica
An Act for confirming the Articles executed by Colonel Robert Bennett, and Quao the Commander of the Rebels, for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four White Persons to reside at Crawford's Town, and New Nanny Town, and for granting Freedom to two Negroes who were Guides to Colonel Bennett.
1740
Jamaica
An Act to repeal Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Crimes committed by Slaves; and to oblige the several Parishes to pay for all Negroes executed in each respective Parish.
1740
Jamaica
An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade.
1744
Jamaica
An Act to regulate the selling of Gun-powder, and to prevent the selling of Fire-arms to Slaves.
1744
Jamaica
An Act to explain and amend an Act, entituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves; and for making free and rewarding a Negroe named Hector, belonging to Thomas Fuller, Esq. and paying his said Master the Value of the said Negroe.
1744
Jamaica
An Act for making free Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes Evidence in all Causes against one another, in all the Courts of this Island.
1748
Jamaica
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