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Laws of Enslavement and Freedom in the Anglo-Atlantic World

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Displaying 26 - 33 of 33
Title Year Location
Ordinance in Council for Improving the condition of the Slave Population of Mauritius. 1827 Mauritius
An Act for further improving the condition of the Slave Population in the Island of St. Christopher. 1828 St. Christopher
An Act to regulate the admission of the Evidence of Slaves in this Island. 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 remove certain Restrictions affecting the Testimony of Slaves 1831 Barbados
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Slaves. 1831 Dominica
An Act for declaring the Evidence of Slaves to be in future admissible in all the Criminal Courts of this Island. 1831 Antigua
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We acknowledge the affective toll this website and the historical records it describes may have on readers. The laws governing slavery and freedom in the Atlantic World reflect the historical period in which they were written and contain content and language that is racist, sexist, ableist, and otherwise discriminatory and may be upsetting to readers. The laws contained in this website were written by white lawmakers, many of whom were themselves slaveholders; the voices of the enslaved are not reflected in this archive. However, many of the laws were written in direct response to enslaved people's resistance and their refusal to accept the terms of their bondage. In this way, enslaved people's volition, resistances, survival, and resiliency are apparent in these laws and the laws can be analyzed in a manner that centre enslaved people. This digital archive has been constructed to preserve the historical record for future use and to encourage scholarship on slavery legislation.

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