<ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b315dda4-4682-4d8d-95dd-a446822d8d81" corresp="#f7a135c1-a421-40be-a135-c1a42120be3b" type="editorialNote">Les loix de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005116 https://www.geonames.org/3374084">Barbados</placeName> 1688 et celles des <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005222 https://www.geonames.org/3573345">Bermudas</placeName> 1730 <choice> <sic>déclarit</sic> <corr>déclaraient</corr> </choice> <lb />que le <choice> <orig>maitre</orig> <reg>maître</reg> </choice> qui tue en <choice> <orig>chatiant</orig> <reg>châtiant</reg> </choice> son <choice> <orig>Negre</orig> <reg>Nègre</reg> </choice><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> en <choice> <orig>exagerant</orig> <reg>exagérant</reg> </choice> par <lb />hazard le <choice> <orig>chatiment</orig> <reg>châtiment</reg> </choice>, <subst> <del rendition="#s">n’est</del> <add place="superlinear">n’en est</add> </subst> responsable <choice> <orig>a</orig> <reg>à</reg> </choice> <lb />personne, celui qui le tue par malice payera <measure quantity="10" unit="pfund_sterling">10 <choice> <abbr>L</abbr> <expan>Livres</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>St</abbr> <expan>Sterling</expan> </choice> </measure> au <lb /> <choice> <orig>Tresor</orig> <reg>Trésor</reg> </choice> royal</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f7a135c1-a421-40be-a135-c1a42120be3b" corresp="#b315dda4-4682-4d8d-95dd-a446822d8d81" type="editorial">Der „Barbados Slave Code“ von 1661 (1676, 1682 und 1688 modifiziert) sollte die Sklaverei auf <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005116 https://www.geonames.org/3374084">Barbados</placeName> legalisieren und diente auch als Grundlage für weitere Gesetze in anderen Regionen. 1730 wurde in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005222 https://www.geonames.org/3573345">Bermuda</placeName> ein Gesetz für „Extirpating all free Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes“ geschaffen, vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/954BMGV9">Bernhard 1999</bibl>, 212. Vgl. auch <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/D7U4KPDX">Humboldt 2011</bibl>, 151.</note>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>A</orig> <reg>À</reg> </choice> la <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006552 https://www.geonames.org/3489940"> <choice> <orig>Jamaique</orig> <reg>Jamaïque</reg> </choice> </placeName> au contraire<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis 1696 celui qui tue <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />par malice est <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>declaré</orig> <reg>déclaré</reg> </choice> guilty of felony et 1776 the Court of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>Kings</orig> <reg>King's</reg> </choice> bench <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>declara</orig> <reg>déclara</reg> </choice> à la <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010920 https://www.geonames.org/3580239">Grenade</placeName> que c’<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">est</del> <add place="superlinear"> <choice> <orig>etait</orig> <reg>était</reg> </choice> </add> </subst> un murder <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />qui <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>merite</orig> <reg>mérite</reg> </choice> peine de mort. (Report) <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a589a50e-8b8d-4f84-89a5-0e8b8ddf8498" corresp="#a7afc4bf-13d1-451c-afc4-bf13d1051c31" type="editorialNote">Une loi de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010344">S. Christophe</placeName> du <lb />11 Mars 1784 comence<supplied cert="high">:</supplied> <foreign xml:lang="eng">„Whereas some Persons have <hi rendition="#u">of Late</hi> been guilty <lb />of cutting <choice> <sic>of</sic> <corr cert="high">off</corr> </choice> and depriving Slaves of their ears<supplied cert="high">“</supplied> </foreign>on <choice> <abbr>ordon̅e</abbr> <expan>ordonne</expan> </choice> que qui<lb break="no" />conque extirpe un œil, arrache <choice> <sic>du</sic> <corr>la</corr> </choice> langue de l’Esclave, coupe son <lb />nez<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> paye <measure quantity="500" unit="pfund_sterling">500 <choice> <abbr>L.</abbr> <expan>Livres</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>St</abbr> <expan>Sterling</expan> </choice> </measure> et 6 mois de <choice> <sic>prisons</sic> <corr>prison</corr> </choice>. Cela en 1784 <supplied cert="high">–</supplied> par <lb />les loix on peut juger de la barbarie.</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a7afc4bf-13d1-451c-afc4-bf13d1051c31" corresp="#a589a50e-8b8d-4f84-89a5-0e8b8ddf8498" type="editorial"> <quote>An act to prevent the cutting off or depriving any slaves in this island of any of their limbs or members, or otherwise disabling them. Whereas some persons have of late been guilty of cutting off and depriving slaves of their ears, which practice is contrary to the principles of humanity and dishonourable to society; for prevention whereof in future, be it enacted by the Governor of the <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010344">Islands of St. Christopher </placeName>[…] That if any owner or possessor of any negro or other slave in this island, shall wilfully and wantonly cut or disable, or cause or procure to be cut out or disabled, the tongue; put out, or cause or procure to be put out, an eye; slit the nose, ear, or lip, or cut off a nose, ear, or lip, or cause the same to be done; or break or cause to be broken, the arm, leg, or any other limb, or member of any negro […] pay the sum of five hundred pounds, current Money, and suffer six month imprisonement, in the Common Gaol of this Island, and for Want of sufficient to pay the same, shall suffer Twelve Month Imprisonement in the Common Goal of this Island.[…]</quote> <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/KE6MR659">Laws 1791</bibl>. Vgl. auch <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/HWI3EAX7">Humboldt 1826</bibl>, I, 327–328. </note>