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Title
Year
Location
An Act for Making the Negroes, Coppors, Mills, and Stills of Intestatos Estates Chattles.
1689
Nevis
An Additional Act to an Act, entitled "An Act for the governing of Negroes"
1692
Barbados
An Act for the encouragement of all Negroes and Slaves, that shall discover any conspiracy.
1692
Barbados
An Act for prohibiting the selling of Rum, or other strong Liquors, to any Negro
1692
Barbados
An Act for the Encouraging the Importation of White Servants
1693
Montserrat
An Act to restrain the Insolences of Slaves and for preventing them from committing any outrages as also the better ordering such Slaves, etc.
1693
Montserrat
An Act for the Trial of Criminal Slaves
1694
Antigua
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 to oblige all person to give in a List of Their Negroes and other slaves upon Oath.
1701
Nevis
An Act for Supernumerary Armes to be proportionable according to the Number of every persons Negroes within these His Majesties Leeward Carribee Islands in America
1701
Nevis
An Act to repeal a certain Act against the Jews.
1701
Nevis
An Act for the more effectual raising Parties, to pursue and destroy Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.
1702
Jamaica
An Act to prevent Hazzards and Inconveniences that may happen by Thatcht Houses in the Town of Plymouth and clandestine Dealings with Negroes
1702
Montserrat
An Act to prevent Burning or Breaking of Canes
1702
Montserrat
An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes
1702
Antigua
An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes
1702
Antigua
An Act for laying a duty of Negroes and other Slaves imported to this Island.
1705
Barbados
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.
1706
Jamaica
An Act to repeal a Clause in an Act, intitled, " An Act for the governing of Negroes"
1706
Barbados
An Act for the encouragement of such Negroes and other Slaves, that shall behave themselves courageously against the Enemy in time of invasion.
1707
Barbados
An Act to prohibit the Inhabitants of this Island from employing, their Negroes or other Slaves, in selling or bartering.
1708
Barbados
An Act to secure the peaceable possession of Negroes and other Slaves, to the inhabitants of this Island; and to prevent and punish the clandestine and illegal detinue of them
1709
Barbados
An Act for the better Government of Negroes, and other Slaves
1711
St. Christopher
An act for regulating fees.
1711
Jamaica
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