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An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes Barbados
An Act for the Governing of Negroes. Barbados
An Act for the better Order and Government of Slaves. Jamaica
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves Virginia
An Act for the Encouragement of voluntary Parties to suppress rebellious and runaway Negroes. Jamaica
An Act for attainting Several Negroes therein mentioned ; and for the more effectual preventing Negroes from running away from their Masters Service ; and for explaining and rendering more effectual an Act, intituled, An Act for the better Government of St. Christopher
An Act for confirming the Articles executed by Colonel Robert Bennett, and Quao the Commander of the Rebels, for paying Rewards for taking up and restoring runaway Slaves, and making Provision for four White Persons to reside at Crawford's Town, and New Jamaica
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves. North Carolina
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 Maryland
An Act to make free several negro and mulatto slaves, as a reward for their faithful services in the late rebellion. Jamaica
An Act to make free a negro slave, named Jack, the property of Peter Thomas, of the parish of Saint Mary, planter, for his faithful services to the public. 19th December, 1761 Jamaica
An Act for making free a negro man slave, named Jack Pearson, belonging to the estate of William Ricketts, Esq. deceased. Jamaica
An Act for making Slaves Real Estate, and the better Government of Slaves and Free Negroes. St. Vincent
An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act for the Governing of Negroes.’ Barbados
An Act for making free and rewarding two negro men slaves, the one named York, belonging to the estate of Ballard Beckford, deceased; and the other named Cuffee, belonging to James Charles Sholto Douglas, Esquire, and for paying to their owners their Jamaica
An act to explain and amend part of an act entitled “An act to encourage colonel Cudjoe and captain Quao, and the several negroes under their command in Trelawny and Crawford Towns, and all other towns of rebellious negroes who submitted to terms, to Jamaica
An act for making free and rewarding a mulatto man slave named Will, belonging to the estate of William Jones, deceased, and paying to the honourable Archibald Sinclair and Richard Welch, esquires, the representatives of the said William Jones, the value Jamaica
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 Dominica
An act for making free and rewarding a negro woman slave named Attea, the property of the heirs of George Williams, esquire, deceased, and for paying her value. Jamaica
An Act to prevent the purchasing of Cotton from Slaves, and also stolen Cotton from any Person or Persons whatsoever; also laying a Penalty on Persons who shall suffer their Slaves to plant and gather Cotton, or who shall purchase Cotton from Slaves. Montserrat
An Act for governing Negroes, Mulattoes, Mustees, and Indians, and for suspending several Acts therein mentioned. Bahamas
An Act to alter and amend an Act of this Island, published the Twenty-third Day of August, in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-three, intituled, “An Act for the suppressing of Runaway Slaves, and for the better Government of Slaves, and Dominica
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. 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 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 Jamaica