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Title
Year
Location
An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes
1661
Barbados
An Act for the better ordering and Governing of Negro Slaves
1664
Jamaica
An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negro Slaves
1674
Jamaica
An Act for the Better Ordering of Slaves
1683
Jamaica
An Act for the Governing of Negroes.
1688
Barbados
An Act for the punishment of Run-away Slaves, and of Slaves who shall willfully entertain, harbour and conceal any Run-away Slaves
1731
Barbados
An Act for the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province.
1740
South Carolina
An Act for the more effectual punishment of negroes and other slaves, and for taking away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders, and a supplementary act to an act, entitled, * An Act to prevent the tumultuous meeting and other irregularities of negroes and other slaves, and directing the manner of trying slaves.
1751
Maryland
“An Act to amend an Act, entitled ‘An Act to amend, consolidate, and bring into one Act, the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, and for suspending several Acts and Clauses of Acts therein mentioned, and for other Purposes.’”
1826
Bahamas
An Act to alter and amend the Slave Laws of this island.
1826
Jamaica