Consolidated Slave Law
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Consolidated Slave Law was a law that was enacted by the Barbados legislature in 1826. Following Bussa's Rebellion London officials were concerned about further risk of revolts and instituted a policy of amelioration. This was resisted by white Barbadian planters. In consequence The Consolidated Slave Act was a compromise: it simultaneously granted concessions to the slaves whilst also providing reassurances to the slave owners.[1][2]
Three concessions to the enslaved were:
- Right to own property
- Right to give evidence in courts in all cases
- Reduction in manumission fees
Three concessions granted to the slave owners
- That a white person could kill an enslaved person during revolt with impunity
- Capital punishment of any enslaved person who threatened the life of a white person
- All free black people needed a correct evidence of the such rights or they will be presumed to be enslaved
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