Clause 3 allowed an enslaved person’s complaint—or information from another person—to trigger a justice’s inquiry into food, clothing, housing, and treatment. Justices could inspect an estate and order provisions or money. This formal avenue was constrained by colonial magistrates, and the statute punished complaints found “groundless” with whipping or hard labor for enslaved complainants. (Consolidated Slave Act, clause(s) 3.)
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What could follow an enslaved person’s complaint about inadequate maintenance?
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Justices could inspect the estate and order specified support, though a complaint judged groundless could bring punishment.