1664
• No Christian can be held in slavery.
1681-1683
• Slaves may not leave their masters’ houses without permission.
• Slaves may not own weapons.
• Slaves may not gather in groups larger than four.
• White people and free black people may not entertain slaves in their homes.
• White people and free black people may not sell liquor to slaves.
1692
• Slaves who make noise in the street on Sundays will be whipped.
1697
• People of African descent may not be buried in the town cemetery.
1702
• Slaves may not gather in groups larger than three.
• Slaves who break this law will receive 40 lashes on the naked back.
• Masters may punish their slaves for any misdeed in any way they wish except killing them or cutting off their limbs.
1706
• Masters are no longer obligated to free slaves who convert to Christianity.
• Children born to enslaved women are slaves for life.
1707
• Newly freed black people may not own or inherit land.
1708
• Any slave who murders his or her master will be tortured and killed.
• Any slave who plots with others to murder his or her master will be tortured and killed.
1712
• Any slave who plots with others to revolt will be tortured and killed.
• No slave can ever own a gun or pistol.
• No black person who becomes free after 1712 may own a house or pass property on to their children.
• To free a slave, the master must pay a 200-pound bond, to cover the costs should the freed slave ever become a public charge.
1713
• No slave 14 years or older may go out after dark without a lantern.
1722
• Funerals for slaves and free African Americans must be held during daylight.
1731
• Slaves could not gamble for money
• Slaves who rode a horse too fast or dangerously in the city could be whipped
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