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Year
Location
An Act declaring the Negro Slaves of this Island to be Real Estate.
1668
Barbados
A Declarative ACT upon the Act making Negroes Real Estate.
1672
Barbados
An Act for ascertaining Land As also for affixing Slaves, Coppers, etc. to the freehold.
1680
Nevis
An Act for Making the Negroes, Coppors, Mills, and Stills of Intestatos Estates Chattles.
1689
Nevis
An Act to secure the peaceable possession of Negroes and other Slaves, to the inhabitants of this Island; and to prevent and punish the clandestine and illegal detinue of them
1709
Barbados
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
1760
Jamaica
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes.
1767
St. Vincent
An act for the better regulation of executors and administrators, in the defence of actions or suits brought against them in right of their respective testators or intestates estates; and for other purposes.
1775
Jamaica
An act to regulate the devises of negro, mulatto, and other slaves, in wills.
1775
Jamaica
An act to remedy the evils arising to mortgagees and mortagers, by the removal of slaves, mules, cattle, stock, and plantation utensils, under mortgage, and levied on junior writs of venditioni, and for other purposes.
1782
Jamaica
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.
1803
St. Vincent
An ACT to repeal several Acts therein mentioned respecting Slaves, to declare Slaves assets for payment of debts and legacies, and in what manner they shall descend and be held as property, and be sold and conveyed in certain cases.
1807
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."
1813
St. Vincent