| The primary source of regulations was the slave code decreed by Spanish governor Don Miguel de la Torre on 12 August 1826. |
| Following the disallowance by the proprietors, a new slave code, again based on Barbadian principles, was enacted in 1696. |
| These early Caribbean planters were among the first Europeans in the New World to erect such a comprehensive slave code. |
| The slave code adopted in 1798 and modified from time to time presented in considerable detail the legal aspects of slavery in the state. |
| Every slave state had its own slave code and body of court decisions. These codes made slavery permanent in these states. |
| After Virginia legislators enacted that colony's first comprehensive slave code in 1705, internal rather than outside influences predominated. |
