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An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes 1702 Antigua
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves 1705 Virginia
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves. 1706 Jamaica
An Act for the better Government of Negroes, and other Slaves 1711 St. Christopher
An Act, for and additional Tax on all free Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and such Persons, Male and Female, as now are, or hereafter shall be, intermarried with any such Persons, resident in this Government. 1723 North Carolina
An Act for extirpating all free Negroes, Indians, Mulattoes, such as have been Slaves (and freed or to be freed) so as they do not remain in these Islands above the Space of Six Months after such Freedom, or no longer Time here than the said Space of Six Months after the Publication hereof for those already freed in Criminal Causes 1730 Bermuda
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves. 1741 North Carolina
An Act for rending more effectual, and for supplying many defects in the several Laws of this Island, for the governing of Negroes 1749 Barbados
An Act to remedy the Evils arising from irregular Assemblies of Slaves, and to prevent their possessing Arms and Ammunition and going from Place to Place without Tickets, and for preventing the Practice of Obeah, and to restrain Overseers from leaving the Estates under their Care on certain Days, and to oblige all Free Negroes, Mulattoes or Indians to register their Names in the Vestry Books of the respective Parishes of this Island, and to carry about them the Certificate and wear the Badge of their Freedom, and to prevent any Captain, Master or Supercargo of any Vessel bringing back Slaves transported off the Island. 1760 Jamaica
An Act for the better Government of Free Negroes, and for discouraging and prohibiting of Traffic with them, and with all Slaves. 1761 Montserrat
An Act to prevent Sedition, and punish Insurgents and Disturbers of the Public Peace 1776 South Carolina
An Act to revive for a limited Time a certain Act of this Island, intituled, “An Act for suppressing of Runaway Slaves, and for the better Government of Slaves, and for preventing Slaves being fraudulently carried off this Island; and for enabling the Commander in Chief, or President of the Council (for the Time being) to send out Detachments of Free Mulattoes, Free Negroes, or other Free Persons, being Male Descendants of Free Negroes, in Pursuit of Runaway Slaves.” 1784 Dominica
An Act to alter and amend an Act of this Island, published the Twenty-third Day of August, in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-three, intituled, “An Act for the suppressing of Runaway Slaves, and for the better Government of Slaves, and for preventing Slaves from being fraudulently carried off this Island; and for enabling the Commander in Chief, or President of the Council (for the Time being) to send out Detachments of Free Mulattoes, Free Negroes, and other Free Persons, being Male Descendants of Negroes, in Pursuit of Runaway Slaves;” and to ascertain what Share of the Rewards given by a late Act such Detachments shall be entitled to. 1784 Dominica
An Act to prevent Captains, Commanders, or Masters of Ships, and all other Vessels whatsoever, from clandestinely carrying off this Island, Negro or other Slaves. 1784 Jamaica
An additional act to amend the several acts for regulating the town of Wilmington, and to regulate and restrain the conduct of slaves and others in the said town, and in the towns of Washington, Edenton and Fayetteville. 1785 North Carolina
An Act to Repeal several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, respecting Slaves, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for other Purposes. 1787 Jamaica
An Act to repeal an Act, intitled, “An Act to repeal several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, respecting Slaves, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for other Purposes:” And also to repeal the several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, which were repealed by the Act intitled as aforesaid; and for consolidating and bringing 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; and for other Purposes. 1788 Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves. 1788 Dominica
An Act to prevent Slaves from selling sugar, rum, molasses, syrups, canes, cane-liquor, live stock, butcher’s meat, and other things; also from carrying off this Island live stock and butcher’s meat without tickets from their owners or managers. 1790 Nevis
An ACT to repeal an act, intituled “An act to repeal several acts and clauses of acts respecting slaves, and for the better order and government of slaves, and for other purposes and also to repeal the several acts and clauses of acts, which were repealed by the act intituled as aforesaid; and for consolidating, and bringing 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; and for other purposes. 1792 Jamaica
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 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 revive and extend an Act, entitled an Act to prohibit the importation of Slaves from Africa, or other places beyond sea, into this State, for two years; and also to prohibit the importation or bringing in of Negro Slaves, Mulattoes, Indians, Moors, or Mustezoes, bound foe a term of years, from any of the United States, by land or water. 1794 South Carolina
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
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