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An Act to regulate the Payment and Recovery of Debts, and to prohibit the Importation of Negroes, for the Time therein limited.	1788	South Carolina
An Act to repeal an Act, intitled, “An Act to repeal several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, respecting Slaves, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for other Purposes:” And also to repeal the several Acts, and Clauses of Acts, which were repealed by the Act intitled as aforesaid; and for consolidating and bringing into one Act the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security; for altering the Mode of Trial of Slaves charged with capital Offences; and for other Purposes.	1788	Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves.	1788	Dominica
An ACT to repeal an Act, intituled, “An Act for the security of the Subject to prevent the forfeiture of life and estate upon killing a Negro or other Slave.”	1789	Bermuda
An Act for obliging the owners of canoes, boats, and pettyaugers, to take out a licence, and give security that the same shall not be the means of enabling Slaves to make their escape, or to be carried off or transported from this Colony; and for authorizing and enabling the Commander in Chief to hire two small vessel to cruize round the coast for the purpose of inspecting and seizing all such vessels as appear to be employed in carrying off Slaves, or under suspicious circumstances of such intentions.	1789	Grenada
An Act for the more effectual trial and punishment of criminal Slaves; and to authorize His Majesty’s justices of the peace to appoint constables in cases of emergency.	1789	Grenada
An Act for raising a tax of fifteen shillings per poll on all Negro and other Slaves, and six pounds per centum on the yearly value of all houses, warehouses, stores, shops, and tenements within the several towns of this Island, to be applied for and towards the purchase of a certain number of Negroes and other Slaves for the use of the public of this Island, and for directing and appointing in what manner such Negro and other Slaves shall be employed.	1789	St. Christopher
An Act to prevent Slaves from selling sugar, rum, molasses, syrups, canes, cane-liquor, live stock, butcher’s meat, and other things; also from carrying off this Island live stock and butcher’s meat without tickets from their owners or managers.	1790	Nevis
An Act to restrain thefts committed by Negro and other Slaves, and to prevent the dishonest traffick carried on by such as deal with them.	1790	St. Christopher
An Act to continue an Act, intituled, “An Act for the more effectual trial and punishment of criminal Slaves, and to authorize His Majesty’s justices of the peace to appoint constables in cases of emergency.	1791	Grenada
An ACT to repeal an act, intituled “An act to repeal several acts and clauses of acts respecting slaves, and for the better order and government of slaves, and for other purposes and also to repeal the several acts and clauses of acts, which were repealed by the act intituled as aforesaid; and for consolidating, and bringing into one act, the several laws relating to slaves, and for giving them further protection and security; for altering the mode of trial of slaves charged with capital offences; and for other purposes.	1792	Jamaica
An Act to amend an Act, intituled, “An Act to prevent the further sudden increase of Free Negroes and Mulattoes;” and also to amend an Act, intituled, “An Act for the better government of Slaves, and for the more speedy and effectual suppression of runaway Slaves; and to ascertain what shall be evidence of the sealing of certificates respecting enfranchisement, as directed to be made by the guardians of Slaves.”	1792	Grenada
An act to repeal an act entitled, ‘An act to regulate the sales of newly-imported negroes; and to prevent, as far as possible, the separation of different branches of the same family;’ and to regulate the sales of newly-imported negroes; and to prevent, as far as possible, the separation of different branches of the same family.	1792	Jamaica
An Act to prohibit the purchasing, hiring, or employing, certain foreign slaves, except as therein mentioned.	1792	Jamaica
An ACT to prohibit the importation of slaves from Africa or other places beyond sea, into this state for two years, and also to prohibit the importation or bringing in of negro slaves, mulattoes, Indians, Moors or mustizoes bound for a term of years from any of the United States by land or Water.	1792	South Carolina
An Act to revive an Act of this Island, intituled An Act to establish a company of Rangers for the apprehending and suppressing of runaway Slaves, and for obliging the proprietors, renters or employers of all Slaves belonging to or employed on the several plantations and lands in this Island to furnish a proportion of their Slaves to be sent into the woods after and in search of runaways, to provide officers for such company, by engaging such proper White persons and people of Colour as may be disposed to be employed on the said service, and for granting encouragement for the apprehending or destroying of any of the runaways, and to empower magistrates, on the requisition of the commanding officer of the said company of rangers, to issue their warrant to call to the assistance of the said company of rangers a certain number of Slaves from the neighbouring plantations, in cases of emergency, and to prevent the importation of Slaves convicted or known to have been guilty of murder, insurrection, or other capita	1793	Dominica
An Act to revive and make perpetual an Act of this Island, intituled, “An Act for the encouragement, protection, and better government of Slaves.”	1793	Dominica
An Act to revive and continue an Act, intituled, An Act for the better regulating of small Vessels; and preventing Escapes of Debtors from this Island; and also to extend the same, to prevent more effectually the Escapes of fugitive Slaves from the said Island, and other Mischiefs likely to ensue.	1793	Antigua
An Act for establishing regulations respecting Slaves arriving in this Island, or resident therein; except such as are imported direct from the coast of Africa.	1794	Tobago
An Act to enable the commanding officer of the corps of rangers employed in suppressing the runaway Slaves, to procure such Slaves for guides as he shall think best qualified to discover the camps or places of resort of the runaways in the woods.	1794	Dominica
An ACT to provide further Regulations for such Slaves as have been admitted into this Island; and to regulate the Admission of Slaves of a certain Description.	1794	Jamaica
An ACT to revive and extend an Act, entitled an Act to prohibit the importation of Slaves from Africa, or other places beyond sea, into this State, for two years; and also to prohibit the importation or bringing in of Negro Slaves, Mulattoes, Indians, Moors, or Mustezoes, bound foe a term of years, from any of the United States, by land or water.	1794	South Carolina
An Act for the encouragement of such Negroes and other Slaves as shall behave themselves courageously against the enemy in time of invasion.	1795	Nevis
An Act to prohibit the selling, purchasing, hiring or employing of certain Foreign Slaves, except as is therein excepted; for authorizing the Provost Marshal to sell, continue and transport the same; and for other purposes therein mentioned.	1795	Bahamas
An Act to consolidate and bring into one Act the several laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further protection and security; for altering the mode of trial of Slaves charged with capital offences; for suspending the...	1796	Bahamas

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