The Consolidated Slave Law was a law which 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.
Three concessions to the slaves were:
* The right to own property
* The right to give evidence in courts in all cases
* A reduction in
manumission
Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing enslaved people by their enslavers. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society. Historian Verene Shepherd states that t ...
fees
Three concessions granted to the slave owners were:
* That a white person could kill a slave during a revolt with impunity
* The capital punishment of any slave who threatened the life of a white person
* That all free black people needed a correct evidence of the such rights or they will be presumed to be enslaved
See also
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Amelioration Act 1798
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William Huskisson
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Law of Barbados
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1826 in North America
Slavery law