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Title
Year
Location
An Act for Repealing one Clause of ye Act Intituled An Act for Preventing ye Barbarison of Negroes
1681
Nevis
An Act for repealing an Act, intituled, An Act for Publick Recompence to Masters of Slaves put to death by Law.
1682
Antigua
An Act for the Governing of Negroes.
1688
Barbados
An Act for Making the Negroes, Coppors, Mills, and Stills of Intestatos Estates Chattles.
1689
Nevis
An Act for the speedy and easy Prosecution of Slaves committing Capital Crimes.
1692
Virginia
An Additional Act to an Act, entitled "An Act for the governing of Negroes"
1692
Barbados
An Act for the encouragement of all Negroes and Slaves, that shall discover any conspiracy.
1692
Barbados
An Act for prohibiting the selling of Rum, or other strong Liquors, to any Negro
1692
Barbados
An Act for the Encouraging the Importation of White Servants
1693
Montserrat
An Act to restrain the Insolences of Slaves and for preventing them from committing any outrages as also the better ordering such Slaves, etc.
1693
Montserrat
An Act for the Trial of Criminal Slaves
1694
Antigua
An ACT inhibiting the Trading with Servants and Slaves.
1695
South Carolina
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 to oblige all person to give in a List of Their Negroes and other slaves upon Oath.
1701
Nevis
An Act for Supernumerary Armes to be proportionable according to the Number of every persons Negroes within these His Majesties Leeward Carribee Islands in America
1701
Nevis
An Act to repeal a certain Act against the Jews.
1701
Nevis
An Act for the more effectual raising Parties, to pursue and destroy Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.
1702
Jamaica
An Act to prevent Hazzards and Inconveniences that may happen by Thatcht Houses in the Town of Plymouth and clandestine Dealings with Negroes
1702
Montserrat
An Act to prevent Burning or Breaking of Canes
1702
Montserrat
An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes
1702
Antigua
An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes
1702
Antigua
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 concerning Servants and Slaves
1705
Virginia
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