Fugitive slave law	1630	Statute	Fugitive slave law included a provision to protect slaves who fled because of ill treatment "till due order be taken for their relief."
Military	1652	Statute	Statute obliged "Negroes, Indians and Scotchmen" to train for the militia.
Children	1670	Statute	Representing a significant change from the Body of Liberties, children of enslaved blacks could be sold into bondage. (The original decree did not cover children of blacks born in the colony, who, as such, could be presumed free.)
Shipping	1680	Statute	Blacks could not board ships without permits.
Trade	1693	Statute	No white could trade with enslaved blacks to prevent stealing of the master's property.
Freedom of movement	1703	Statute	Prohibited enslaved blacks from being on the streets after 9 p.m. This rule extended to free blacks as well.
Manumission	1703	Statute	Manumission was made more difficult. Owner had to deposit a 50 pound security bond with the government for each slave freed.
Tax	1705	Statute	This placed a duty of four pounds on imported blacks "for the better preventing of a spurious and mixt issue."
Marriage	1705	Statute	A master could not prevent an enslaved black from marrying, but intermarriage was forbidden. A minister who performed the marriage ceremony between a Christian and an "infidel" was fined 50 pounds. Law was repealed in 1843.
Freedom of assembly	1707	Statute	Free blacks could not entertain enslaved blacks in their homes without the permission of their owners. Alcohol could not be sold to an enslaved black.
Military	1778	Statute	Permitted the enlistment of enslaved blacks as soldiers in state forces. Blacks who served in the military would be freed.
	1783	Judicial decision	Slavery was abolished by a judicial decision based on a case involving a slave, Quork Walker, who had sued for his freedom based on the master's verbal promise. State constitution later declared: "All men are born free and equal, and have certain, natural, essential, and inalienable rights."
Colonization	1829	Resolution	Legislature stated that removal of blacks would be beneficial to the country and endorsed the American Colonization Society.
Fugitive slave law	1843	Statute	Ignored the Federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, and passed a law forbidding State officials from aiding the recapture of fugitive slaves or for using state jails to imprison them.
Fugitive slave law	1855	Statute	Passed "personal liberty" law prohibiting State officials from aiding in the enforcement of the fugitive slave laws of 1793 and 1850.