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Title	Location	Date	Added Sort ascending	Changed
An Act, to amend an Act therein mentioned, concerning Servants and Slaves.	North Carolina	1715-01-01	02/03/2023 - 23:28	04/20/2024 - 13:25
An Act, for and additional Tax on all free Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and such Persons, Male and Female, as now are, or hereafter shall be, intermarried with any such Persons, resident in this Government.	North Carolina	1723-01-01	02/03/2023 - 23:17	04/18/2024 - 19:09
An act for making further provision for the curates of the several parishes of this island.	Jamaica	1816-01-01	02/03/2023 - 20:43	10/04/2024 - 13:40
An Act for the better Order and Government of the Negroes belonging to the several Negro-Towns, and for preventing them from purchasing of Slaves; and for encouraging the said Negroes to go in Pursuit of Runaway Slaves; and for other Purposes therein	Jamaica	1788-01-10	02/03/2023 - 20:35	04/22/2024 - 00:06
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.	Jamaica	1787-12-19	02/03/2023 - 20:17	07/30/2024 - 20:47
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	Jamaica	1788-11-06	02/03/2023 - 16:05	04/20/2024 - 20:39
Morant Bay Rebellion (Jamaica)		1865-10-11	02/03/2023 - 00:57	01/29/2024 - 16:40
Earthquake Destroys Port Royal, Jamaica		1692-06-07	02/03/2023 - 00:54	01/29/2024 - 16:40
English Settlement Begins on Barbados		1627-02-17	02/03/2023 - 00:49	01/29/2024 - 16:40
An Act for the further Restriction of Slaves, by prohibiting them from planting any Indigo, Cotton, Ginger, Coffee, or Cocoa, and from keeping a public Market on Sundays, and for further restraining licentious Meetings of Negroes.	Montserrat	1736-01-01	02/03/2023 - 00:37	07/08/2024 - 20:57
An Act for the better Government of Free Negroes, and for discouraging and prohibiting of Traffic with them, and with all Slaves.	Montserrat	1761-05-07	02/03/2023 - 00:30	07/08/2024 - 20:55
An Act for repealing a Certain Clause in an Act made in the Reign of King William, intituled, “An Act to restrain the Insolencies of Slaves, and for preventing them from committing any Outrages; as also for the better ordering such Slaves.	Montserrat	1714-01-01	02/03/2023 - 00:22	07/08/2024 - 20:53
An Act against Negroes wandering, and the Concealers thereof.	Montserrat	1679-01-01	02/03/2023 - 00:11	07/08/2024 - 20:40
AN ORDINANCE FOR PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND Bettering the State and Condition OF THE SLAVE POPULATION, IN HIS MAJESTY’S COLONY ON BERBICE	Berbice	1826-01-01	02/03/2023 - 00:05	06/05/2024 - 13:38
An ACT for the Registration of the Slave Population	Berbice	1817-09-03	02/02/2023 - 23:53	07/23/2024 - 19:41
Publication	Berbice	1828-09-11	02/02/2023 - 02:43	07/22/2024 - 20:35
AN ACT to extend certain Privileges of Persons of Free Condition within these Islands.	Bahamas	1822-01-23	02/02/2023 - 02:32	07/30/2024 - 20:36
An Act to amend and explain an Act intituled ‘An Act for fixing the mode of trying Questions relative to the Freedom of Negroes, and for suspending certain Acts therein mentioned.	Bahamas	1827-12-22	02/02/2023 - 02:29	07/22/2024 - 20:33
An Act to amend, consolidate, and bring into one Act, the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, and for suspending several Acts and Clauses of Acts therein mentioned, and for other Purposes.	Bahamas	1824-01-01	02/02/2023 - 02:18	04/20/2024 - 18:46
An Act to further continue an Act, intituled, “An Act to 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	Bahamas	1809-11-03	02/02/2023 - 02:14	07/08/2024 - 16:26
An Act to continue in force an Act to prohibit the purchasing, selling, hiring or employing of certain Foreign Slaves, except as therein excepted, and for other purposes therein mentioned.	Bahamas	1808-12-31	02/02/2023 - 02:11	07/08/2024 - 16:25
An Act for regulating the hire of Slaves, carts, waggons and drays, and for other purposes therein mentioned.	Bahamas	1808-12-31	02/02/2023 - 02:08	07/08/2024 - 16:23
An Act to continue in force an Act to prohibit the purchasing, selling, hiring, or employing of certain Foreign Slaves, except as therein excepted, and for other purposes therein mentioned.	Bahamas	1803-12-31	02/02/2023 - 02:06	07/08/2024 - 16:22
An Act to continue an Act for the more effectually to prevent the desertion of Slaves, and for other purposes therein mentioned.	Bahamas	1802-12-29	02/02/2023 - 02:04	07/08/2024 - 16:20
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...	Bahamas	1796-01-01	02/02/2023 - 01:58	07/08/2024 - 16:18