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Consolidated Slave Law

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Three concessions to the slaves were:

  • The right to own property
  • The right to give evidence in courts in all cases
  • A reduction in manumission fees

Three concessions granted to the slave owners were:

  • That a white person could kill a slave during a revolt with impunity
  • The capital punishment of any slave who threatened the life of a white person
  • That all free black people needed a correct evidence of the such rights or they will be presumed to be enslaved

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