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Year
Location
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 additional supplementary act to the act, entitled, *An act relating to servants and slaves.
1748
Maryland
An Act for rending more effectual, and for supplying many defects in the several Laws of this Island, for the governing of Negroes
1749
Barbados
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
An Act for the better Government of Free Negroes, and for discouraging and prohibiting of Traffic with them, and with all Slaves.
1761
Montserrat
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes.
1767
St. Vincent
An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Governing of Negroes.’
1767
Barbados
An Act to prevent hunting with a Gun in the Night by Fire Light.
1773
North Carolina
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
1773
Dominica
An Act for governing Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and Indians, and for suspending several Acts therein mentioned.
1784
Bahamas
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.
1787
Jamaica
An Act for the better Order and Government of the Negroes belonging to the several Negro-Towns, and for preventing them from purchasing of Slaves; and for encouraging the said Negroes to go in Pursuit of Runaway Slaves; and for other Purposes therein
1788
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
1788
Jamaica
An Act for the Encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves.
1788
Dominica
An Act to prevent Slaves from selling sugar, rum, molasses, syrups, canes, cane-liquor, live stock, butcher’s meat, and other things; also from carrying off this Island live stock and butcher’s meat without tickets from their owners or managers.
1790
Nevis
An Act to restrain thefts committed by Negro and other Slaves, and to prevent the dishonest traffick carried on by such as deal with them.
1790
St. Christopher
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
1792
Jamaica
An Act to consolidate and bring into one Act the several laws relating to Slaves, and for giving them further protection and security; for altering the mode of trial of Slaves charged with capital offences; for suspending the...
1796
Bahamas
An Act for the better protection, and for promoting the natural increase and population of Slaves within the Island of Grenada, and such of the Grenadines as are annexed to the government thereof; for compelling an adequate provision for, and care of
1797
Grenada
An act to prevent preaching by persons not duly qualified by law.
1802
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 prevent more effectually Slaves absenting themselves from the service of their masters, owners or renters.
1807
Tobago
An Act for regulating the hire of Slaves, carts, waggons and drays, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
1808
Bahamas
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