Laws related to: Indigenous persons

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Abridgement of laws relating to Run-aways. Virginia
An Act to explain and amend the Act for declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slaves, within this Dominion, to be real Estate; and Part of one other Act, intituled An Act for the Distribution of Intestates Estates, declaring Widows Rights to their Virginia
An Act declaring Slaves to be real Estate. Virginia
An Act declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slave this Dominion, to be real Estate. Virginia
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves Virginia
An Act for the further Encouragement of Parties, and more Speedy Reduction of Rebellious and Runaway Slaves. Jamaica
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 the more effectual punishing of Crimes committed by Slaves. Jamaica
An Act to inflict further and other Punishments on the Transgressors of two several Acts, the one intituled, An Act for the better Order and Government of slaves, and the other intituled, An Act to prevent the enticing or inveiglng of Slaves from the Jamaica
An Act for the Security of the Subject to prevent the Forfeiture of Life and Estate upon killing a Negro or other Slave. Bermuda
An Act to prevent the selling of Powder to rebellious, or any other Negroes whatsoever. Jamaica
An Act for extirpating all free Negroes, Indians, Mulattoes, such as have been Slaves (and freed or to be freed) so as they do not remain in these Islands above the Space of Six Months after such Freedom, or no longer Time here than the said Space of Six Bermuda
An act to prevent hawking and pedling and disposing of goods clandestinely. 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 the better Ordering and Governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province. South Carolina
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves. North Carolina
An Act to regulate the selling of Gun-powder, and to prevent the selling of Fire-arms to Slaves. Jamaica
An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade. 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 inflict further and other Punishments on runaway Slaves, and such as shall entertain them. Jamaica
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 Jamaica
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, 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 to explain and amend an act, entitled, “An act for recovering and extending the trade with the Indian settlements in America, and preventing for the future some evil practices formerly committed in that trade. Jamaica