Laws related to: Felony

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An Act to prevent the inveigling, stealing and carrying away Negroes and other Slaves in this Province: And to prevent the carrying away of Schooners or Pettiauguas. And also, for repealing so much of an Act, intitled, an Act for the better ordering and South Carolina
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
An Act for the better Government of Free Negroes, and for discouraging and prohibiting of Traffic with them, and with all Slaves. Montserrat
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes. St. Vincent
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 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 prevent Sedition, and punish Insurgents and Disturbers of the Public Peace South Carolina
An Act in Aid of an Act, intituled, “An Act for the suppressing of Runaways, for the better Government of Slaves, &c.” commonly called The Slave Act, and to alter and to amend the same; and further to provide a Fund for defraying the Expence necessary Dominica
An Act for governing Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and Indians, and for suspending several Acts therein mentioned. Bahamas
An Act for the more effectual trial and punishment of criminal Slaves; and to authorize His Majesty’s justices of the peace to appoint constables in cases of emergency. Grenada
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
An Act for the more effectual trial and punishment of Slaves who may have been or may hereafter be concerned in the rebellion and insurrection now existing in this Island. Grenada
An Act for the punishment of Slaves under sentence of banishment, or confinement to hard labour in chains, who shall escape or attempt to escape from their places of confinement or employment; and to make it lawful for the magistrates to condemn to hard Grenada
An Act for settling and regulating the Trial of criminal Slaves by Jury. Antigua
An Act to oblige proprietors and possessors of Slaves, in their own right, or right of others, managers, and conductors of estates, to give in returns of runaways and Obeah men. St. Vincent
An ACT to remove doubts concerning the trial of Slaves manumitted after the commission of Felonies of which they may stand accused. Barbados
An ACT for the protection, subsisting, clothing, and for the better order, regulation and government of Slaves, and for other purposes. Jamaica
An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled, “An Act for making Slaves real estate, and for the better government of Slaves and Free Negroes." St. Vincent
An act for the subsistence, clothing, and the better regulation and government of slaves; for enlarging powers of the council of protection; for preventing the improper transfer of slaves; and for other purposes. Jamaica
An act for regulating the sale of gunpowder and fire-arms. Jamaica
An ACT for establishing a Registry of Negro and other Slaves on the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies. Grenada
AN ACT for repealing an Act, intituled, “An Act for settling and regulating the Trial of Criminal Slaves by Jury,” and for establishing a more regular and solemn judicature for the Trial of Slaves accused of Felony without benefit of Clergy, or other Antigua
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... Tobago
An Act for granting a further extension of privileges to certain Free persons of Colour in certain cases. Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual Punishment of those Persons who shall attempt to commit the Crime of Arson. Bahamas