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An Act to amend an Act, intituled, “An Act to prevent the further sudden increase of Free Negroes and Mulattoes;” and also to amend an Act, intituled, “An Act for the better government of Slaves, and for the more speedy and effectual suppression of runaway Slaves; and to ascertain what shall be evidence of the sealing of certificates respecting enfranchisement, as directed to be made by the guardians of Slaves.”	1792	Grenada
An act to repeal an act entitled, ‘An act to regulate the sales of newly-imported negroes; and to prevent, as far as possible, the separation of different branches of the same family;’ and to regulate the sales of newly-imported negroes; and to prevent, as far as possible, the separation of different branches of the same family.	1792	Jamaica
An Act to prohibit the purchasing, hiring, or employing, certain foreign slaves, except as therein mentioned.	1792	Jamaica
An Act to revive an Act of this Island, intituled An Act to establish a company of Rangers for the apprehending and suppressing of runaway Slaves, and for obliging the proprietors, renters or employers of all Slaves belonging to or employed on the several plantations and lands in this Island to furnish a proportion of their Slaves to be sent into the woods after and in search of runaways, to provide officers for such company, by engaging such proper White persons and people of Colour as may be disposed to be employed on the said service, and for granting encouragement for the apprehending or destroying of any of the runaways, and to empower magistrates, on the requisition of the commanding officer of the said company of rangers, to issue their warrant to call to the assistance of the said company of rangers a certain number of Slaves from the neighbouring plantations, in cases of emergency, and to prevent the importation of Slaves convicted or known to have been guilty of murder, insurrection, or other capita	1793	Dominica
An Act to revive and make perpetual an Act of this Island, intituled, “An Act for the encouragement, protection, and better government of Slaves.”	1793	Dominica
An Act to revive and continue an Act, intituled, An Act for the better regulating of small Vessels; and preventing Escapes of Debtors from this Island; and also to extend the same, to prevent more effectually the Escapes of fugitive Slaves from the said Island, and other Mischiefs likely to ensue.	1793	Antigua
An Act for establishing regulations respecting Slaves arriving in this Island, or resident therein; except such as are imported direct from the coast of Africa.	1794	Tobago
An Act to enable the commanding officer of the corps of rangers employed in suppressing the runaway Slaves, to procure such Slaves for guides as he shall think best qualified to discover the camps or places of resort of the runaways in the woods.	1794	Dominica
An ACT to provide further Regulations for such Slaves as have been admitted into this Island; and to regulate the Admission of Slaves of a certain Description.	1794	Jamaica
An Act for the encouragement of such Negroes and other Slaves as shall behave themselves courageously against the enemy in time of invasion.	1795	Nevis
An Act to prohibit the selling, purchasing, hiring or employing of certain Foreign Slaves, except as is therein excepted; for authorizing the Provost Marshal to sell, continue and transport the same; and for other purposes therein mentioned.	1795	Bahamas
An Act to consolidate and bring into one Act the several laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further protection and security; for altering the mode of trial of Slaves charged with capital offences; for suspending the...	1796	Bahamas
An Act for the more effectual trial and punishment of Slaves who may have been or may hereafter be concerned in the rebellion and insurrection now existing in this Island.	1796	Grenada
An act for the ease and relief of jurors and suitors of the supreme and certain other courts within this island; and for other purposes.	1797	Jamaica
An act for the better establishment of the clergy of this island; to oblige the justices and vestries to build a church, and a parsonage house, in their respective parishes; and for establishing a fund, or provision, for the support and maintenance of the widows, and orphan children of deceased clergymen.	1797	Jamaica
An Act for the punishment of Slaves under sentence of banishment, or confinement to hard labour in chains, who shall escape or attempt to escape from their places of confinement or employment; and to make it lawful for the magistrates to condemn to hard labour in chains, for life or for a limited time, Slaves convicted under the several Acts for the trial and punishment of criminal Slaves.	1797	Grenada
An Act for the better protection, and for promoting the natural increase and population of Slaves within the Island of Grenada, and such of the Grenadines as are annexed to the government thereof; for compelling an adequate provision for, and care of them, as well in sickness and old age as in health; and for constituting and appointing guardians to effectuate and carry into execution the regulations and purposes of this Act.	1797	Grenada
An Act for laying a Duty on all Negro Slaves that shall be imported into this Island from the Coast of Africa, who shall be above a certain Age; and for regulating the Manner of ascertaining such Age.	1797	Jamaica
An Act to repeal the fortieth and forty-first clauses of an Act of this Island, intituled, “An Act for attainting several Slaves now run away from their Masters Services, and for the better government of Slaves, dated the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty-three;” and to make persons charged with and found guilty of the murder of Slaves, liable and subject to the same pains and penalties as are inflicted for the murder of Free persons.	1797	Antigua
An act to authorize and empower the justices and vestry of the several parishes in this island to make and erect pounds, for the better securing of all strays of horses, mares, mules, asses, and horned cattle, belonging to the inhabitants of this island.	1798	Jamaica
An act to ascertain who shall be deemed duly qualified to vote for choosing churchwardens and vestrymen of the several parishes of this island; to protect freeholders on the days of holding such elections, and magistrates, vestrymen, and clerks of the vestry, on the days appointed for parochial business; and to regulate certain other parochial proceedings.	1798	Jamaica
An Act for settling and regulating the Trial of criminal Slaves by Jury.	1798	Antigua
An Act more effectually to provide for the support, and to extend certain regulations for the protection of Slaves, to promote and encourage their increase, and generally to meliorate their condition.	1798	St. Christopher
An Act for the more effectual apprehending of runaway Slaves, and to oblige the Provost Marshal of this Island to receive into his custody in the common gaol, all runaway Slaves, and to advertise them in the newspaper of the Island, and if not claimed within a limited time, to oblige him to sell them for the public benefit; for appointing a committee of the council and assembly to inspect the common gaol from time to time, and for other purposes in this Act mentioned.	1798	Dominica
An Act to make the testimony of Slaves admissible in certain cases and under certain restrictions, for a limited time, to forfeit runaway Slaves who have been absent from the service of their masters a certain time; and to oblige the inhabitants of this Island having intelligence of the situation or motions of the runaway Slaves, to communicate the same to the persons, and in the manner prescribed by this Act; and to prevent persons from harbouring or employing Slaves on their plantations or in their houses, without a written permission from the owner or person having charge of such Slaves; and for other purposes.	1798	Dominica

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