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Title	Location	Date	Added Sort ascending	Changed
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
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	1774-11-19	02/14/2023 - 15:01	04/20/2024 - 18:49
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	1774-11-24	02/13/2023 - 15:03	07/08/2024 - 21:07
An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes	Antigua	1702-06-21	02/12/2023 - 22:24	04/20/2024 - 18:27
An Act to repeal a certain Act of this Island concerning Negroes	Antigua	1722-02-01	02/12/2023 - 22:20	04/20/2024 - 18:24
An Act for the Trial of Criminal Slaves	Antigua	1694-05-10	02/12/2023 - 22:16	04/20/2024 - 18:18
An Act for the better Government of Negroes, and other Slaves	St. Christopher	1711-01-01	02/12/2023 - 22:10	09/23/2024 - 18:21
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	St. Christopher	1722-01-01	02/12/2023 - 22:05	04/22/2024 - 00:16
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	1774-12-24	02/11/2023 - 22:22	04/20/2024 - 18:52
An Act to prevent Captains, Commanders, or Masters of Ships, and all other Vessels whatsoever, from clandestinely carrying off this Island, Negro or other Slaves.	Jamaica	1784-12-23	02/11/2023 - 22:16	04/22/2024 - 00:03
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	1775-01-01	02/11/2023 - 22:12	04/20/2024 - 18:51
An act to regulate the devises of negro, mulatto, and other slaves, in wills.	Jamaica	1775-12-22	02/11/2023 - 22:11	04/20/2024 - 18:51
An Act for the speedy and easy Prosecution of Slaves committing Capital Crimes.	Virginia	1692-04-01	02/11/2023 - 22:08	12/08/2025 - 16:05
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	1776-01-01	02/11/2023 - 22:07	10/04/2024 - 19:21
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves	Virginia	1705-10-01	02/11/2023 - 22:05	04/20/2024 - 18:50
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	1776-01-01	02/11/2023 - 22:04	10/04/2024 - 19:16
"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	1776-12-21	02/11/2023 - 22:02	04/20/2024 - 18:49
Abridgement of laws relating to Negroes.	Virginia	1668-01-01	02/11/2023 - 21:56	04/22/2024 - 00:23
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	1778-12-23	02/11/2023 - 21:56	04/20/2024 - 18:48
Abridgement of laws relating to Slaves.	Virginia	1669-01-01	02/11/2023 - 21:55	04/22/2024 - 00:24