Any slaves who are freed by their masters must carry a certificate of freedom.
Any free black caught giving free papers to a slave is fined $300, and if unable to immediately pay the fine, can be sold into servitude to work off the debt.
Slaves cannot leave a plantation without a written note from their masters.
Slaves cannot carry any type of weapon
Any person persuading a slave to run away, or assisting or hiding slaves on the run, faces six years imprisonment.
No slave can work on a steamboat.
The reward for capturing a fugitive is increased from $6 to $30 in order to encourage everyday people to help prevent runaways.
Railroad and steamboat companies are responsible for verifying that their black passengers have certificates allowing them to travel, or face fines beginning at $500 dollars.
There is a 10pm curfew for slaves.
The penalty for tempting slaves to run away or rebel is imprisonment. County patrols must ride through the county on horseback at night to enforce slave laws.
SLAVE GATHERINGS
No slave may travel beyond his master’s home without a pass or some letter that proves the slave is traveling with the permission of a master, employer, or overseer. If a slave is caught without such a pass, the owner or overseer can whip the slave ten lashes on the back.
Any master, mistress, or overseer who allows slaves from other plantations to stay more than four hours on his or her property will be fined.
It is illegal for more than 5 male slaves, either with or without passes, to assemble together at any place off the plantations where they belong.
Any slave who conspires to rebel, make insurrection, or murder any person or persons will be punished by death.
RUNAWAY SLAVES
Anyone can capture a runaway slave.
Many times slaves run away and hide in swamps, woods, and other obscure places; patrols will search for and capture these slaves; whoever captures the slaves will be given a $30 reward.
FREE PERSONS OF COLOR
Any free person of color who tries to settle in Alabama may be arrested and whipped up to 39 lashes. If after this punishment the free person of color still doesn’t leave the state, the punishment is to be sold into slavery.
READING AND WRITING
Anyone who attempts to teach any free person of color or slave to spell, read, or write, shall be fined not less than $250 and not more than $500.
Any free person of color who writes a pass or free paper for any slave will be punished by 39 lashes on a bare back and forced to leave the state. Any slave who does so will be punished by 50 lashes on a bare back for the first offense and 100 lashes for later offenses.