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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 of Slaves
1683
Jamaica
An Act for the Governing of Negroes.
1688
Barbados
An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes
1702
Antigua
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes.
1767
St. Vincent
An Act to prevent the cutting off, or depriving any Slaves in this Island of any of their Limbs or Members, or otherwise disabling them.
1783
St. Christopher