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An Act for the better Government of Slaves and free Negroes Antigua
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves Virginia
An Act, for and additional Tax on all free Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and such Persons, Male and Female, as now are, or hereafter shall be, intermarried with any such Persons, resident in this Government. North Carolina
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 the Encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves. Dominica
A PROCLAMATION issued by Lord Charles Henry Somerset, for religious Instruction and treatment of Slaves. Cape of Good Hope
An Act to amend, consolidate, and bring into one Act, the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, and for suspending several Acts and Clauses of Acts therein mentioned, and for other Purposes. Bahamas
An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force relating to the Slave Population, for making more effectual provision for their maintenance and protection, and for the admissibility of their testimony in certain cases. Grenada
An Act to legalize the Marriage of Slaves in the Island of Nevis, to declare their property secured to them by Law; to render them competent witnesses under certain restrictions; to regulate proceedings at Law respecting them in Civil and Criminal cases; Nevis
AN ORDINANCE FOR PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND Bettering the State and Condition OF THE SLAVE POPULATION, IN HIS MAJESTY’S COLONY ON BERBICE Berbice
An Act for the Encouragement of Baptisms and Marriages amongst the Slaves, and for the due Observance of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. Barbados
“An Act to amend an Act, entitled ‘An Act to amend, conso­lidate, and bring into one Act, the several Laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and Security, and for suspending several Acts and Clauses of Acts therein mentioned, Bahamas
An Act to alter and amend the Slave Laws of this island. Jamaica
Order in Council, WHEREBY several of the provisions contained in the Order of the 18th February, by which a new slave law was established for the Island of St. Lucia, are revised and amended. St. Lucia
An Act to Ameliorate the condition of Slaves and Free Persons of Colour. Bermuda
Ordinance in Council for Improving the condition of the Slave Population of Mauritius. Mauritius
An Act for further improving the condition of the Slave Population in the Island of St. Christopher. St. Christopher
An Act for regulating the Solemnization of Marriages among Slaves, and for declaring such Marriages valid and effectual in the Law. Nevis
An Act for granting a Salary to the Reverend Antony O’Hannan, Roman Catholic Clergyman in this Government. Grenada
An Act to repeal an Act commonly called the Slave Act, and to substitute a new Act in lieu thereof. Tobago
AN Act to re-enact and amend certain Clauses of an Ordinance for promoting the religious instruction, and bettering the State and Condition of the Slave Population in His Majesty’s Colony of Berbice Berbice
Second Supplementary Ordinance to His Majesty’s Order in Council, establishing a Consolidated Slave Law. St. Lucia
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Slaves. Dominica
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