Barbados Slave Code
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barbados-slave-code-213-4607476
title:
Barbados Slave Code
text:
The Barbados Slave Code of 1661, officially titled as An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes, was a law passed by the Parliament of Barbados to provide a legal basis for slavery in the English colony of Barbados. It is the first comprehensive Slave Act, and the code's preamble, which stated that the law's purpose was to "protect them [slaves] as we do men's other goods and Chattels", established that black slaves would be treated as chattel property in the island's court.
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description:
1661 slave law in English colony of Barbados
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_Slave_Code
date created:
2004-09-21T00:48:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T11:55:30Z
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