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An Act concerning Servants and Slaves Virginia
An Act for the encouragement of such Negroes and other Slaves, that shall behave themselves courageously against the Enemy in time of invasion. Barbados
An ACT for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and Slaves. South Carolina
(copy) An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and Slaves. South Carolina
An Act for confirming the Articles executed by Colonel John Guthrie, Lieutenant Francis Sadler, and Cudjoe the Commander of the Rebels; for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four white Persons, residing, Jamaica
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 confirming the Articles executed by Colonel Robert Bennett, and Quao the Commander of the Rebels, for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four White Persons to reside at Crawford's Town, and New Jamaica
An Act to explain and amend an Act, entituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves; and for making free and rewarding a Negroe named Hector, belonging to Thomas Fuller, Esq. and paying his said Master the Value of the said Negroe. Jamaica
An Act for making free Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes Evidence in all Causes against one another, in all the Courts of this Island. Jamaica
An Act to make free several negro and mulatto slaves, as a reward for their faithful services in the late rebellion. Jamaica
An Act to make free a negro slave, named Jack, the property of Peter Thomas, of the parish of Saint Mary, planter, for his faithful services to the public. 19th December, 1761 Jamaica
An Act, to explain and amend an Act, intituled, 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 Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave, named Jack Pearson, belonging to the estate of William Ricketts, Esq. deceased. Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave named Cato, belonging to Arthur Forrest, esquire. 9th November, 1764 Jamaica
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes. St. Vincent
An Act for making free and rewarding two negro men slaves, the one named York, belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford, deceased; and the other named Cuffee, belonging to James Charles Sholto Douglas, Esquire, and for paying to their owners their Jamaica
An act for making free and rewarding a mulatto man slave named Will, belonging to the estate of William Jones, deceased, and paying to the honourable Archibald Sinclair and Richard Welch, esquires, the representatives of the said William Jones, the value Jamaica
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 for making free and rewarding a negro woman slave named Attea, the property of the heirs of George Williams, esquire, deceased, and for paying her value. Jamaica
An act for regulating the manumission of negro, mulatto, and other slaves; and to oblige the owners to make a provision for them during their lives. Jamaica
An Act to prevent domestic Insurrections, and for other Purposes. North Carolina
An Act to amend an Act of this Island, entitled ‘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 hereafter shall be Barbados
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
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
An ACT to repeal an act, intituled “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
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