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Title
Year
Location
An Act declaring the Duty of all Masters of Ships or small Vessels trading to this Island, and for the careful looking after their Vessels whilst they stay, and for the Prevention of Fugitives and Transportation without Tickets
1669
Antigua
An Act for publique recompence To the masters of Slaves putt to Death by Law
1669
Antigua
An Act for the preventing & punnising of Those Who Shall Willfully Burne or fire any Canes
1672
Antigua
An Act for the Releife of such as shall Loose or have Negroes Or slaves Maimed In the service of the Country
1672
Antigua
An Act concerning those that remove from one Division to another without a Ticket from the Commander of the Division
1673
Antigua
An Act for Encouragement of the Royall Affrican Company in England for the Supplyeing this Island with Negroes
1675
Antigua
An Act against Enticeing servants from their Masters
1676
Antigua
An Act obliging the Inhabitants of this Island to keepe and maynetayne Christian Men Servants
1677
Antigua
An Act for bringing in Run-away Negroes & Incouragement of such who shall bring them in
1680
Antigua
An Act for repealing an Act, intituled, An Act for Publick Recompence to Masters of Slaves put to death by Law.
1682
Antigua
An Act for the Trial of Criminal Slaves
1694
Antigua
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 to repeal a certain Act of this Island concerning Negroes
1722
Antigua
An Act for attainting several Slaves now run away from their Master's Service, and for the better Government of Slaves.
1723
Antigua
An Act for explaining a certain Act of this Island, past the ninth Day of December, one thousand seven hundred twenty and three, intituled, An Act for attainting several Slaves, now run away from their Masters’ Service; and for the better Government of Slaves
1725
Antigua
An Act concerning the Payment, out of the Publick Treasury, for Slaves executed and to be executed in this Island for Treasons, Murders, or other Felonies.
1730
Antigua
An Act to alter and amend the thirty-second and thirty-third Clauses of an Act of this Island, intituled, An Act for attainting several Slaves now run-away from their Masters’ Service, and for the better Government of Slaves; and for regulating the Duty of the Militia during the Christmas Holidays.
1780
Antigua
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 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 for settling and regulating the Trial of criminal Slaves by Jury.
1798
Antigua
AN ACT for repealing an Act, intituled, “An Act for settling and regulating the Trial of Criminal Slaves by Jury,” and for establishing a more regular and solemn judicature for the Trial of Slaves accused of Felony without benefit of Clergy, or other Capital Crimes.
1821
Antigua
An Act for raising the sum of Ten thousand Pounds Sterling for the immediate relief of the Slave Population of this Island.
1822
Antigua
An Act for declaring the Evidence of Slaves to be in future admissible in all the Criminal Courts of this Island.
1831
Antigua
A Proclamation
1831
Antigua
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