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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 and Governing of Negro Slaves	1674	Jamaica
An Act for the Better Ordering of Slaves	1683	Jamaica
An Act for the encouragement of all Negroes and Slaves, that shall discover any conspiracy.	1692	Barbados
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves.	1696	Jamaica
An Act for raising Parties to Suppress Rebellious and Runaway Negroes.	1699	Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual raising Parties, to pursue and destroy Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.	1702	Jamaica
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.	1706	Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement of voluntary Parties to suppress rebellious and runaway Negroes.	1718	Jamaica
An Act for attainting Several Negroes therein mentioned ; and for the more effectual preventing Negroes from running away from their Masters Service ; and for explaining and rendering more effectual an Act, intituled, An Act for the better Government of Negroes, and other Slaves	1722	St. Christopher
An Act to repeal a certain Act of this Island concerning Negroes	1722	Antigua
An Act for attainting several Slaves now run away from their Master's Service, and for the better Government of Slaves.	1723	Antigua
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 confirming the Articles executed by Colonel John Guthrie, Lieutenant Francis Sadler, and Cudjoe the Commander of the Rebels; for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four white Persons, residing, or to reside at Trelawney Town; and for granting Freedom to Five Negroes who were Guides to Parties.	1739	Jamaica
An Act for confirming the Articles executed by Colonel Robert Bennett, and Quao the Commander of the Rebels, for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four White Persons to reside at Crawford's Town, and New Nanny Town, and for granting Freedom to two Negroes who were Guides to Colonel Bennett.	1740	Jamaica
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 to explain and amend an Act, entituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves; and for making free and rewarding a Negroe named Hector, belonging to Thomas Fuller, Esq. and paying his said Master the Value of the said Negroe.	1744	Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual punishment of negroes and other slaves, and for taking away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders, and a supplementary act to an act, entitled, * An Act to prevent the tumultuous meeting and other irregularities of negroes and other slaves, and directing the manner of trying slaves.	1751	Maryland
An Act to make free several negro and mulatto slaves, as a reward for their faithful services in the late rebellion.	1760	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 to make free a negro slave, named Jack, the property of Peter Thomas, of the parish of Saint Mary, planter, for his faithful services to the public. 19th December, 1761	1761	Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave, named Jack Pearson, belonging to the estate of William Ricketts, Esq. deceased.	1763	Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave named Cato, belonging to Arthur Forrest, esquire. 9th November, 1764	1764	Jamaica

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