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Displaying 26 - 41 of 41
Title
Year
Location
An ACT to remove doubts concerning the trial of Slaves manumitted after the commission of Felonies of which they may stand accused.
1809
Barbados
An ACT for more fully ascertaining the Slave population of the Island of Barbadoes
1817
Barbados
An Act allowing the Testimony of Free Negroes and Free People of Colour to be taken in all Cases.
1817
Barbados
An ACT to repeal part of an Act, intituled, 'An Act for the governing of Negroes,' and for building and regulating a new Cage.
1817
Barbados
An Act to Repeal part of an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Governing of Negroes,’ and for building and regulating a New Cage.
1817
Barbados
AN ACT to repeal and amend certain Acts made for the government and protection of Slaves.
1818
Barbados
An Act for the better Prevention of the Practice of Obeah.
1819
Barbados
A Proclamation
1823
Barbados
A Supplemental Act to an Act entitled “An Act to repeal several Acts and Clauses of Acts respecting Slaves, and for consolidating and bringing into one Act the several laws relating thereto, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, for altering the mode of Trial of those charged with capital and other Offences and for other Purposes.”
1826
Barbados
An Act to remove pecuniary Impediments to the Manumission of Slaves, and to extend the Benefit of Testimony to free Persons manumitted not according to the Laws of this Island, and to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts relating thereto.
1826
Barbados
An Act to repeal several Acts and Clauses of Acts respecting Slaves, and for consolidating and bringing into one Act, the several Laws relating thereto, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, for altering the Mode of Trial of those charged with capital and other Offences, and for other Purposes.
1826
Barbados
An Act for the Encouragement of Baptisms and Marriages amongst the Slaves, and for the due Observance of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday.
1826
Barbados
An Act to extend the benefits enjoyed by white persons under certain Clauses of the Consolidated Slave Act of this Island to all free coloured and free black persons.
1828
Barbados
An Act to remove certain Restrictions affecting the Testimony of Slaves
1831
Barbados
An Act for removing Pecuniary Deposits on the Manumission of Slaves.
1831
Barbados
An Act for terminating the Apprenticeship of the Praedial Labourers within this Island, on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
1838
Barbados
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