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be seized and brought to the Fort, where he shall immediately 



receive fifty lashes on his naked body, and secured ; two days after 



he shall receive thirty lashes, and two days after that twenty more ; 



and the master of the black shall pay the value stolen as aforesaid. 



Those that absent their master's service three 



Absentees and days and three nights shall be punished according 



runaways. to the last foregoing article and the master make 



satisfaction for what they have stolen as aforesaid. 



For the first offence of this kind, the master or 



For breaking masters shall make satisfaction for what is stolen 



open houses, and repair all damages done by the slave or 



slaves ; so soon as taken he shall be brought to 



the Fort, and immediately receive on his naked body one hundred 



lashes, then secured ; four days after that thirty ; six days after 



that twenty more, and branded in the forehead with the letter R. 



For the second offence of this kind he shall be punished as aforesaid 



and wear for one year a chain and clogg of thirty pounds weight ; 



and for the third offence, satisfaction shall be made as aforesaid to 



the loser or losers, and the slave or slaves shall suffer death, at the 



discretion of the Governor and Council. 



In case any male slave from the age of sixteen 

 In relation to years and upwards shall presume and attempt to 

 striking or strike or assault any white person whatsoever, 

 assaulting any correcting him or otherwise, for any cause what- 

 white person. soever, shall for the said offence or offences (though 

 without weapon or dangerous instrument) undergo 

 and suffer the punishment of castration ; and in case any such 

 slave or slaves shall chance to die under the punishment aforesaid, 

 or before he be well, then the country and public shall bear the loss 

 and make good the value of the said black, according to an appraise- 

 ment made by the Governor and Council for the time being ; further, 

 but in case the said slave or slaves should die through neglect of 

 the master or owner, then, upon proof thereof, the said master or 

 owner to bear their own loss of the said slave or slaves and the whole 

 charge of everything relating thereto ; and if the said slave live, 

 the master to be at all charges. 



That if any negro slave, male or female, shall 



In relation to presume to resist any white person whatsoever in 



those that shall the taking or pursuit of them upon any lawful 



give saucy occasion, the slave or slaves so offending and 



language, resist resisting as aforesaid for the first offence shall be 



or oppose or immediately conveyed to the Great Fort and 



strike any secured till they have undergone double punish- 



white person. ment according to the constitution of runaway 



negroes, and branded in the forehead with the 



letter R ; and for a second offence in this nature, the said slave or 



slaves so offending shall suffer the same punishment as is adjudged 



and ordered in the case of striking ; but if a female, to be severely 



whipped and both ears to be cut off, and branded in the forehead 



and both cheeks, 



