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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

References

↑ Beckles, Hilary McD (2006). A history of Barbados : from Amerindian settlement to Caribbean single market (2nd ed.). Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-0-521-67849-0.
↑ "Bajan Factoids". Virtual Barbados. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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