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Year
Location
An Act for the Punishment of such Slaves as shall be found practising Obeah
1806
Barbados
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 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.
1809
Jamaica
An ACT to repeal several Acts and the clause of an Act of this Island, respecting persons of Free condition, and for granting to such persons certain privileges
1813
Jamaica
An act for making further provision for the curates of the several parishes of this island.
1816
Jamaica
An ACT for providing Curates for the several Parishes of this Island, and for promoting Religious Instruction amongst the Slaves
1816
Jamaica
An act for the subsistence, clothing, and the better regulation and government of slaves; for enlarging powers of the council of protection; for preventing the improper transfer of slaves; and for other purposes.
1816
Jamaica
An ACT for more fully ascertaining the Slave population of the Island of Barbadoes
1817
Barbados
An Act allowing the Testimony of Free Negroes and Free People of Colour to be taken in all Cases.
1817
Barbados
An Act for the better Prevention of the Practice of Obeah.
1819
Barbados
AN ACT to extend certain Privileges of Persons of Free Condition within these Islands.
1822
Bahamas
A PROCLAMATION issued by Lord Charles Henry Somerset, for religious Instruction and treatment of Slaves.
1823
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.
1824
Bahamas
An Act to prevent Levies on Slaves on Saturday.
1824
Jamaica
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.
1825
Grenada
AN ORDINANCE FOR PROMOTING THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND Bettering the State and Condition OF THE SLAVE POPULATION, IN HIS MAJESTY’S COLONY ON BERBICE
1826
Berbice
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;
1826
Nevis
An Act for the further encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves and for the general amelioration of their condition.
1826
Dominica
An Act to repeal several Acts and Clauses of Acts respecting Slaves, and for consolidating and bringing into one Act, the several Laws relating thereto, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for giving them further Protection and
1826
Barbados
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.
1826
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,
1826
Bahamas
An Act to alter and amend the Slave Laws of this island.
1826
Jamaica
An Act to Ameliorate the condition of Slaves and Free Persons of Colour.
1827
Bermuda
Ordinance in Council for Improving the condition of the Slave Population of Mauritius.
1827
Mauritius
“An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled ‘An Act to repeal an Act intituled, An Act for making Slaves real estate,’ and the first clause of an Act intituled ‘An Act to appoint Commissioners for the purpose of obtaining an exact account of the
1827
St. Vincent
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