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Abridgement of laws relating to Run-aways. 1663 Virginia
An Act declaring Slaves to be real Estate. 1705 Virginia
An Act to explain and amend the Act for declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slaves, within this Dominion, to be real Estate; and Part of one other Act, intituled An Act for the Distribution of Intestates Estates, declaring Widows Rights to their deceased Husbands Estates, and for Securing Orphans Estates. 1705 Virginia
An Act declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slave this Dominion, to be real Estate. 1705 Virginia
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 ordering and governing of Negroes and Slaves. 1712 South Carolina
(copy) An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and Slaves. 1712 South Carolina
An Act for the more effectual punishing of Crimes committed by Slaves. 1717 Jamaica
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on the Transgressors of two several Acts, the one intituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of slaves, and the other intituled, An Act to prevent the enticing or inveiglng of Slaves from the Possessors; and for the preventing the transportation of Slaves from the Possessors' and for the preventing the Transportation of Slaves by Mortgagers and Tenants for Life or Years; and for regulating Abuses committed by Slaves. 1725 Jamaica
An Act to prevent the selling of Powder to rebellious, or any other Negroes whatsoever. 1730 Jamaica
An Act for the Security of the Subject to prevent the Forfeiture of Life and Estate upon killing a Negro or other Slave. 1730 Bermuda
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 to prevent hawking and pedling and disposing of goods clandestinely. 1735 Jamaica
An Act for amending an Act of this Island, entitled an Act for the Governing of Negroes, and for providing a proper Maintenance and Support for such Negroes, Indians, or Mulattoes as shall be hereafter manumitted or set free, and also for preventing certain Inconveniences from them arising to the Inhabitants of this Island. 1739 Barbados
An Act for the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province. 1740 South Carolina
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves. 1741 North Carolina
An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade. 1744 Jamaica
An Act to regulate the selling of Gun-powder, and to prevent the selling of Fire-arms to Slaves. 1744 Jamaica
An Act for making free Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes Evidence in all Causes against one another, in all the Courts of this Island. 1748 Jamaica
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on runaway Slaves, and such as shall entertain them. 1749 Jamaica
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 explain and amend an Act, intituled, 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. 1761 Jamaica
An act to explain and amend an act, entitled, “An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America, and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade. 1776 Jamaica
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