Barbados Slave Code of 1661

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:approvedBy severe punishments for slaves
gptkbp:awardedBy legal protection to slave owners
gptkbp:dateEnacted gptkb:Barbados
1661
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first comprehensive slave code in the English Caribbean
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Barbados Slave Code of 1661
gptkbp:influenced Jamaica Slave Code of 1684
South Carolina Slave Code of 1696
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:prohibits rights of enslaved people
gptkbp:purpose regulate treatment of enslaved Africans
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
British colonial law
gptkbp:repealedBy 1834
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:slave_codes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6