Clause 32 authorized free people to apprehend enslaved people found in St George’s streets between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. unless they were attending an owner or held written permission. Those detained could be kept in the town cage until morning. The clause repeats the older town policing regime; it shows that urban mobility and access to nighttime social life remained under surveillance decades after the original measure. (Consolidated Slave Act, clause(s) 32.)
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What could happen to an enslaved person found in St George’s between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. without permission?
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Clause 32 authorized apprehension and detention in the town cage until morning.
Clause 35 recognized obeah as a protected religious practice.
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The clause criminalized practices it called obeah and allowed severe penalties.