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Year
Location
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves.
1696
Jamaica
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, and other Free Persons, being Male Descendants of Negroes, in Pursuit of Runaway Slaves.
1773
Dominica
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and Government of Slaves, and for other Purposes:” And also to repeal the several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, which were repealed by the Act intitled as aforesaid; and for consolidating and bringing into one Act the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection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 for raising a tax of fifteen shillings per poll on all Negro and other Slaves, and six pounds per centum on the yearly value of all houses, warehouses, stores, shops, and tenements within the several towns of this Island, to be applied for and towards the purchase of a certain number of Negroes and other Slaves for the use of the public of this Island, and for directing and appointing in what manner such Negro and other Slaves shall be employed.
1789
St. Christopher
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and government of slaves, and for other purposes and also to repeal the several acts and clauses of acts, which were repealed by the act intituled as aforesaid; and for consolidating, and bringing into one act, the several laws relating to slaves, and for giving them further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 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 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 to repeal so much of an Act commonly called the Guardian Act, as gives an annuity of ten pounds to any Slave manumitted according to the direction of that Act, and for certain other purposes.
1806
Grenada
An act for the subsistence, clothing, and the better regulation and government of slaves; for enlarging powers of the council of protection; for preventing the improper transfer of slaves; and for other purposes.
1816
Jamaica
An Act to repeal an act entitled “An Act for the good Order and Government of Slaves, and for repealing an act of this Island, entitled An Act for the good Order and Government of Slaves, and for keeping them under proper restraint, and for...
1823
Tobago
An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force relating to the Slave Population, for making more effectual provision for their maintenance and protection, and for the admissibility of their testimony in certain cases.
1825
Grenada
An Act to legalize the Marriage of Slaves in the Island of Nevis, to declare their property secured to them by Law; to render them competent witnesses under certain restrictions; to regulate proceedings at Law respecting them in Civil and Criminal cases; and further to ameliorate their condition.
1826
Nevis
An Act for the further encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves and for the general amelioration of their condition.
1826
Dominica
An Act to remove doubts respecting the Repeal of certain Acts relating to the payment of one hundred pounds upon the manumission of Slaves, and for legalizing all such deeds of Manumission as have been executed heretofore, without such payment being made
1826
Grenada
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 alter and amend the Slave Laws of this island.
1826
Jamaica
Ordinance in Council for Improving the condition of the Slave Population of Mauritius.
1827
Mauritius
Ordinance of His Excellency the Governor in Council. FOR amending the dispositions of the article 20th of the letters patent of the month of December 1723, and the 15th article of the Ordinance des Administrateurs généraux of the islands of France and Bourbon, under date of 26th September 1767, as also the dispositions of the 18th and 19th, articles of the arrêté of 28th April 1808.
1828
Mauritius
An Act for further improving the condition of the Slave Population in the Island of St. Christopher.
1828
St. Christopher
An Act more effectually to facilitate the Manumission of Slaves in the Island of Nevis, and to repeal all Acts and Clauses of Acts relating thereto.
1828
Nevis
An Act to repeal an Act commonly called the Slave Act, and to substitute a new Act in lieu thereof.
1829
Tobago
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.
1829
Bahamas
AN Act to re-enact and amend certain Clauses of an Ordinance for promoting the religious instruction, and bettering the State and Condition of the Slave Population in His Majesty’s Colony of Berbice
1830
Berbice
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