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adequate punishment provided by law for such desertion and depar¬ 
ture, or attempting or conspiring to desert an<1 depart this island, or 
for persons aiding, assisting, or abetting, such deserters : For reme¬ 
dy whereof, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, 
from and after the passing of this act, if any slave shall run away 
from his, her, or their owner or owners, employer or employers, and 
gooff or conspire or attempt to go off this island, in any ship, boat, 
canoe, or other vessel or craft whatsoever, or be aiding, abetting, or 
assisting, to any other slave or slaves in such going off this island, he, 
she or they, so running and going off, or conspiring or attempting to 
go off, or so aid'ng assisting or abetting, in such going off, being 
thereof convicted, shall suffer death, or such punishment as the said 
court shall think proper to direct. 
(Penalty for assisting slaves to go off the island.) 
LXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. 
That if any Indian, free negro, or mulatto, shall, from and after 
the passing of this act, knowingly be aiding, assisting, or abetting, 
any slave or slaves in going off this island, and shall be convicted 
thereof, either in the supreme court or in any of the assize courts of this 
island, such Indian free negro, or mulatto, shall be forthwith trans¬ 
ported off this island by the provost-marshal-general, or his lawful de¬ 
puty into whose custody such person or persons shall be committed ; 
and if such person or persons so convicted, sentenced, and transport¬ 
ed, shall afterwards be found at large in this island, he, she, or they, 
being so thereof convicted before the supreme court of judicature or 
courts of assize in this island, shall suffer death without benefit of 
clergy. 
(Penalty on whites for aiding slaves to go off the island.) 
LXIX. Aud be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
if any white person or persons shall knowingly be aiding, assisting, 
or abetting, any slave or slaves, in going of this island, he, she, or 
they being convicted thereof, by bill, plaint, or information, in the su¬ 
preme court of judicature, or courts of assize, shad forfeit the sum or 
one hundred pounds for each slave; one moiety whereof shall be to 
our sovereign lord the king, his heirs and successors, for and to- 
