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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 Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave, named Jack Pearson, belonging to the estate of William Ricketts, Esq. deceased. Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave named Cato, belonging to Arthur Forrest, esquire. 9th November, 1764 Jamaica
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes. St. Vincent
An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Governing of Negroes.’ Barbados
An Act for making free and rewarding two negro men slaves, the one named York, belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford, deceased; and the other named Cuffee, belonging to James Charles Sholto Douglas, Esquire, and for paying to their owners their Jamaica
An Act for the further regulation of the provost-marshal's proceedings in the sale of negro and other slaves taken by virtue of writs of venditioni exponas. Jamaica
An act to explain and amend part of an act entitled “An act to encourage colonel Cudjoe and captain Quao, and the several negroes under their command in Trelawny and Crawford Towns, and all other towns of rebellious negroes who submitted to terms, to Jamaica
An act for remedying the inconveniencies which may arise from the number of negro huts and houses, built in and about the towns of St. Jago de la Vega, Port-Royal, and Kingston. Jamaica
An act for making free and rewarding a mulatto man slave named Will, belonging to the estate of William Jones, deceased, and paying to the honourable Archibald Sinclair and Richard Welch, esquires, the representatives of the said William Jones, the value Jamaica
An Act for suppressing of Runaway Slaves, and for the better Government of Slaves; and for preventing Slaves being fraudulently carried off this Island; and for enabling the Commander in Chief, or President of the Council for the Time being, to send out Dominica
An ACT for laying an additional Duty on all Negroes imported into this Island. Jamaica
An act for making free and rewarding a negro woman slave named Attea, the property of the heirs of George Williams, esquire, deceased, and for paying her value. Jamaica
An ACT for raising several Sums of Money, and applying the same to several uses, for subsisting for One Year the Officers and Soldiers of His Majesty’s Fiftieth and Sixtieth Regiments of Foot, quartered in this Island. Jamaica
An act for regulating the manumission of negro, mulatto, and other slaves; and to oblige the owners to make a provision for them during their lives. Jamaica
An act for the better regulation of executors and administrators, in the defence of actions or suits brought against them in right of their respective testators or intestates estates; and for other purposes. Jamaica
An act to regulate the devises of negro, mulatto, and other slaves, in wills. Jamaica
An act to prevent improper levies being made on the negroes or other slaves of minors; and to regulate the sales of slaves taken on writs against persons who have only an estate for a term of years, or for their own lives, or for the lives of any other Jamaica
An act to explain and amend an act, entitled, “An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America, and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade. Jamaica
"An act to repeal an act entitled, ["An act to repeal an act entitled,] 'An act to prevent negro and other runaway slaves from being harboured and entertained, by establishing a constant patrolling party in each parish throughout this island; and to Jamaica
An act to repeal an act entitled, 'An act for vesting runaway slaves, not claimed by the proprietors within a certain time, in his majesty, to be employed in the service of the public;' and to direct how those slaves, now vested in his majesty by virtue Jamaica
An Act to prevent the purchasing of Cotton from Slaves, and also stolen Cotton from any Person or Persons whatsoever; also laying a Penalty on Persons who shall suffer their Slaves to plant and gather Cotton, or who shall purchase Cotton from Slaves. Montserrat
An Act to alter and amend the thirty-second and thirty-third Clauses of an Act of this Island, intituled, An Act for attainting several Slaves now run-away from their Masters’ Service, and for the better Government of Slaves; and for regulating the Duty Antigua
An act for quieting to purchasers, and those claiming under them, the possession of negro and other slaves purchased under writs of venditioni; and for other purposes. Jamaica
An act to remedy the evils arising to mortgagees and mortagers, by the removal of slaves, mules, cattle, stock, and plantation utensils, under mortgage, and levied on junior writs of venditioni, and for other purposes. Jamaica
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