Recently Updated

Below are the recently added and updated laws. More transcriptions are forthcoming.

Displaying 126 - 150 of 375

Title	Location	Date	Added Sort ascending	Changed
An act to prevent the abuses committed by entertaining, concealing, or carrying off, any of his majesty’s soldiers, any white men or women servants, or slaves, belonging to any of the inhabitants of this island, without tickets; and for the better	Jamaica	1736-01-01	02/16/2023 - 23:46	10/04/2024 - 18:53
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,	Jamaica	1739-01-01	02/16/2023 - 23:28	04/20/2024 - 18:36
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	Jamaica	1740-01-01	02/16/2023 - 23:24	04/20/2024 - 18:32
An Act to repeal Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Crimes committed by Slaves; and to oblige the several Parishes to pay for all Negroes executed in each respective Parish.	Jamaica	1740-01-01	02/16/2023 - 23:19	04/20/2024 - 18:39
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	1744-01-01	02/16/2023 - 15:52	04/20/2024 - 18:55
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.	Jamaica	1744-01-01	02/16/2023 - 15:44	04/20/2024 - 18:39
An Act to regulate the selling of Gun-powder, and to prevent the selling of Fire-arms to Slaves.	Jamaica	1744-01-01	02/16/2023 - 15:39	04/20/2024 - 18:32
An Act for making free Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes Evidence in all Causes against one another, in all the Courts of this Island.	Jamaica	1748-01-01	02/16/2023 - 15:37	04/20/2024 - 18:32
An Act to amend an Act, entituled, An Act to repeal Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Crimes committed by Slaves; and to oblige the several Parishes to pay for all Negroes executed in each respective Parish.	Jamaica	1749-01-01	02/16/2023 - 15:33	04/20/2024 - 18:39
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on runaway Slaves, and such as shall entertain them.	Jamaica	1749-01-01	02/15/2023 - 15:58	04/20/2024 - 18:39
An act to empower the justices and vestry of the parish of St. Thomas in the East to allot negroes for making a road from the Sea to the Bath.	Jamaica	1751-12-14	02/15/2023 - 15:44	04/20/2024 - 18:55
An Act to explain Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves; and for inflicting further and other Punishment on Persons killing Negroes or Slaves.	Jamaica	1751-01-01	02/15/2023 - 15:37	04/20/2024 - 18:31
An Act for the more effectual preventing the evil Practice of the Owners of Slaves hiring out such Slaves to themselves.	Jamaica	1753-01-01	02/15/2023 - 15:30	04/20/2024 - 18:37
An Act to make the Copy of Tolls of Negroes, or other slaves, Evidences, and to enlarge the Fee to be paid for entering Tolls of Negroes and other Slaves in the Toll-Books of the several Precincts of this Island.	Jamaica	1755-05-19	02/15/2023 - 15:25	04/20/2024 - 18:37
An act to establish the probates of all deeds and conveyances, which have been proved and acknowledged in this island since the second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, before persons who had been	Jamaica	1760-01-01	02/15/2023 - 15:23	10/04/2024 - 18:50
An Act to make free several negro and mulatto slaves, as a reward for their faithful services in the late rebellion.	Jamaica	1760-12-18	02/14/2023 - 16:27	04/02/2024 - 16:59
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	Jamaica	1760-12-18	02/14/2023 - 16:23	04/20/2024 - 18:36
An Act, to explain and amend an Act, intituled, 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	Jamaica	1761-12-19	02/14/2023 - 16:20	04/20/2024 - 18:36
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	1761-12-19	02/14/2023 - 16:16	04/02/2024 - 16:58
An Act for making free a negro man slave, named Jack Pearson, belonging to the estate of William Ricketts, Esq. deceased.	Jamaica	1763-12-01	02/14/2023 - 16:15	04/02/2024 - 16:58
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	1767-12-21	02/14/2023 - 16:10	04/02/2024 - 16:57
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	1769-01-01	02/14/2023 - 15:22	10/04/2024 - 19:11
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	1770-12-19	02/14/2023 - 15:20	04/20/2024 - 18:54
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	1772-12-23	02/14/2023 - 15:17	04/20/2024 - 18:53
An ACT for laying an additional Duty on all Negroes imported into this Island.	Jamaica	1774-02-12	02/14/2023 - 15:09	07/08/2024 - 21:08