Laws related to: Killing of an Enslaved Person

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Title	Year	Location
An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes	1661	Barbados
Abridgement of laws relating to Run-aways.	1663	Virginia
An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negro Slaves	1664	Jamaica
Abridgement of laws relating to Negroes.	1668	Virginia
Abridgement of laws relating to Slaves.	1669	Virginia
An Act for bringing in Run-away Negroes & Incouragement of such who shall bring them in	1680	Antigua
An Act for the Governing of Negroes.	1688	Barbados
An Act to restrain the Insolences of Slaves and for preventing them from committing any outrages as also the better ordering such Slaves, etc.	1693	Montserrat
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves.	1696	Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual raising Parties, to pursue and destroy Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.	1702	Jamaica
An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes	1702	Antigua
An act for the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes	1702	Antigua
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves	1705	Virginia
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves.	1706	Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement of voluntary Parties to suppress rebellious and runaway Negroes.	1718	Jamaica
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	1722	St. Christopher
An Act for attainting several Slaves now run away from their Master's Service, and for the better Government of Slaves.	1723	Antigua
An Act for the Security of the Subject to prevent the Forfeiture of Life and Estate upon killing a Negro or other Slave.	1730	Bermuda
An Act to repeal Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Crimes committed by Slaves; and to oblige the several Parishes to pay for all Negroes executed in each respective Parish.	1740	Jamaica
An Act for the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province.	1740	South Carolina
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves.	1741	North Carolina
An Act to explain Part of an Act, entituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves; and for inflicting further and other Punishment on Persons killing Negroes or Slaves.	1751	Jamaica
An Act for the more effectual punishment of negroes and other slaves, and for taking away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders, and a supplementary act to an act, entitled, * An Act to prevent the tumultuous meeting and other irregularities of	1751	Maryland
An additional Act, to an Act, concerning Servants and Slaves.	1753	North Carolina
A Supplementary and explanatory act to an act, entitled, *An act for the more effectual punishment of negroes and other slaves, and for taking away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders, and a supplementary act to an act, †entitled, An act to	1753	Maryland