1702 slave code
The 1702 slave code was a 2-page act with six clauses, which were: # Preventing free people from trading with any enslaved person without permission of the slave-owner, suffering a fine of five pounds and thrice the value of anything traded. # Permitting slave-owners to punish their slaves as they see fit, short of maiming or killing them. # Banning slaves meeting away from the slave-owner's property in groups of three or more. # Requiring a signed certificate for a slave to be on anyone other than their owner's property. # Changing the punishment for small crimes committed by slaves so that the slave-owner pays the fine and the slave suffers corporal punishment. # Banning the testimony of slaves, except against other slaves.References
{{reflist History of slavery in New York (state) History of racism in New York (state) African-American history of New York (state) United States slavery law