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An Act to repeal an act entitled “An Act for the good Order and Government of Slaves, and for repealing an act of this Island, entitled An Act for the good Order and Government of Slaves, and for keeping them under proper restraint, and for... 1823 Tobago
A Supplemental Act to an Act entitled “An Act to repeal several Acts and Clauses of Acts respecting Slaves, and for consolidating and bringing into one Act the several laws relating thereto, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for 1826 Barbados
An Act for further improving the condition of the Slave Population in the Island of St. Christopher. 1828 St. Christopher
An Act to repeal an Act commonly called the Slave Act, and to substitute a new Act in lieu thereof. 1829 Tobago
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