49© »J A M A I C A, 



S E C T. II. 



Dijlribiitive and Munerary. 



Anno. 



1696 I. Male flaves are to have jackets and drawers; and female 

 flaves, jackets and petticoats ; fupplied them once a year, 

 under penalty of five fhilHngs, to be paid by the owner or 

 mafter for every default [/]. 



2. Conftables are to prefent all fuch defaulters every year 

 to the juftices; and fuch conftables to be charged on 

 oath, by the juftices, to do their duty herein. 



3. All mafters, owners, &c. are to have [«] one acre of 

 ground, well planted with provifions, for every j?lv flaves 

 belonging to them, under penalty of 40^. for every fuch 

 acre deficient. 



4. Gaol-keepers, having cuftody of run-away flaves, are to 

 fupply them with convenient food, water, and dry 

 lodging, on penalty of 40/. for every default. 



5. A flavc, taking up a run-away, and bringing to the 

 owner or to the next gaol, (hall receive one fhilling per 

 mile for the firft five miles, and eight-pence ^^r mile fof 

 every other, fo that the whole does not exceed 40 i. And 

 any perfon, depriving or defrauding the flave of fuch re- 

 ward, (hall forfeit treble the value. 



6. A {lave, taking prifoner or killing a rebellious flave, to 

 receive 40 j., and a coat with a red crols upon it. By 

 a fubfequent a6l, the reward is raifed to 10/. 



7. Female conviits, pregnant, to be refpited from exe- 

 , cution until after, their delivery. 



[/] On every well-regulated plantation they are allowed, befides a fuit of warm woollen deaths, 

 hats, caps, checks, handkei-chiefs, worlciivg aprons to the boilers, beads, needles, thread, knives, fcif- 

 fars, pipes, tobacco, iron pots, fait, fugar, rum, &.'e. As to holiday-fuits and finery, the fettled 

 Negroes are very able to afford them out of their own profits. Tradefmen and chief Negroes 

 receive a ftated weekly allowance of beef, herring, or falt-iiih ; the reft occafionally. Every fijch 

 eftate has a convenient hofpital for the lick ; where they are duly provided with medicines, nurfes, ■ 

 and fuitable diet, and neceifaries. 



[«] In England one acre of good land is deemed fufticient to maintain four jjerfons, or three 

 oxen, or two afles, or twelve Iheep. The fuperior fertifity of the Wefl-India land makes a confi- 

 derable dilFerence. 



4 8. All 



