Laws related to: Jail/confinement

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An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes Barbados
An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negro Slaves Jamaica
An Act for publique recompence To the masters of Slaves putt to Death by Law Antigua
An Act against Enticeing servants from their Masters Antigua
An Act to Prevent the People called Quakers, from bringing Negroes to their Meeting Barbados
An Act for the Governing of Negroes. Barbados
An Act for the speedy and easy Prosecution of Slaves committing Capital Crimes. Virginia
An Act to restrain the Insolences of Slaves and for preventing them from committing any outrages as also the better ordering such Slaves, etc. Montserrat
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves. Jamaica
An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes Antigua
An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes Antigua
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves Virginia
An Act for the better Government of Negroes, and other Slaves St. Christopher
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
An Act for attainting several Slaves now run away from their Master's Service, and for the better Government of Slaves. Antigua
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on the Transgressors of two several Acts, the one intituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of slaves, and the other intituled, An Act to prevent the enticing or inveiglng of Slaves from the Jamaica
An Act for the Security of the Subject to prevent the Forfeiture of Life and Estate upon killing a Negro or other Slave. Bermuda
An Act to prevent the selling of Powder to rebellious, or any other Negroes whatsoever. Jamaica
An Act for the better governing of Negroes; and the more effectual preventing the inhabitants of this island, from employing their Negroes or other Slaves, in selling or bartering. Barbados
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
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
An Act for amending an Act of this Island, entitled an Act for the Governing of Negroes, and for providing a proper Maintenance and Support for such Negroes, Indians, or Mulattoes as shall be hereafter manumitted or set free, and also for preventing Barbados
An Act for the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province. South Carolina
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves. North Carolina
An Act to regulate the selling of Gun-powder, and to prevent the selling of Fire-arms to Slaves. Jamaica