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and purposes whatsoever ; any thing in the said laws, and clauses of 
laws, or in any other law contained to the contrary, in any wise not¬ 
withstanding. 
(Proprietors , &c. to allot land for every slave, and to allow him to 
cultivate it.) 
II. And whereas nothing can contribute more to the good order and 
government of slaves than the humanity of their owners, in providing 
for and supplying them with good and wholesome provisions, and 
proper and sufficient clothing, and ail such other things as may be 
proper and necessary for them, during their being in a state of slave¬ 
ry : For which end and purpose, Be it further enacted by the autho¬ 
rity aforesaid. That, from and after the passing cf this act, every 
master, owner, or possessor, of any plantation or plantations, pens, 
or other lands whatsoever, shall allot and appoint a sufficient quantity 
of land for every slave he shall have in possession upon, or belonging 
to, such plantation or plantations, pens, or other lands, as and for 
the proper ground of every such slave, and allow such slave sufficient 
time to work the same, in order to provide him, her, or themselves, 
with sufficient provisions for his, her, or their maintenance : and also, 
all such masters, owners, or possessors of plantations, pens, or other 
lands, shall plant upon such plantations, pens, or other lands, in 
ground-provisions, at least one acre of land for every ten negroes that 
he shall be possessed of on such plantation, pen, or other lands, over 
and above the negro grounds aforesaid; which lands shall be kept up 
in a planter-like condition, under the penalty of fifty pounds. 
(Slaves otherwise provided for.) 
III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That eve¬ 
ry such master, owner or possessor, or his or her overseer or chief ma¬ 
nager, shall personally inspect into the condition op' such negro-grounds 
once in every month at the, least, in order to see that the same are culti¬ 
vated and kept up in a proper manner, of which oath shall be made, as 
in this act is hereafter directed. And whereas it may happen, that in 
many plantations, pens, settlements, and towns, in this island, 
there may not belauds proper for the purposes aforesaid; then, and in 
that case, the masters, owners, or possessors, do, by some other 
