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Start date: 1651Category: search.filters.subject.ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES

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    1805 Va. Acts 51
    (1805)
    An Act Concerning Free Negroes and Mulatoes: That no free negro or mulato shall be suffered to keep or carry any firelock of any kind? without first obtaining a license from the court?
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    1 William Waller Hening, Stat. at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia 481 (1823) (enacted 1680)
    (1680)
    An act for preventing Negroes Insurrections: "No negro, or enacted by the kings most excellent majestie by and with other slave to the consent of the generall assembly, and it is hereby carry arms, of enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after fensive: the publication of this law, it shall not be lawfull for any negroe or other slave to carry or arme himselfe with any club, staffe, gunn, sword or any other weapon of defence or offence..."
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    1803 Va. Acts 187
    (1792)
    Ch. 103, §§ 8-9: Prohibited any "negro or mulatto" from possessing or carrying a gun, powder, shot, club, or other weapon.
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    1806 Va. Acts 51
    (1806)
    Ch. 94: Required every "free negro or mulatto" to first obtain a license before carrying or keeping "any fire-lock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead."
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    4 William Waller Hening, Stat. at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia 131 (1823)
    (1723)
    Ch. 4, § 14: "And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That no negro, mulatto,or Indian whatsoewver; (except as is hereafter excepted,) shall hereafter presume to keep, or carry any gun, powder, shot, any club, or other weapon whatsoever, offensive or defensive; but that every gun, and all powder and shot,whipped. and every such club or weapon. as aforesaid, found or taken in the hands, custody, or possession of any such negro, mulatto, or Indian, shall be taken away..."
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    1819 Va. Code 423
    (1819)
    Ch. 111 §§ 7-8: Prohibited "free negro or mulatto" from keeping or carrying any kind of firelock, military weapon, powder, or lead without a license from a court.
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    1 William Waller Hening, Stat. at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia 441 (1823) (enacted 1632)
    (1657)
    Prohibited the giving or selling piece, powder, or shot to "any Indian," subject to imprisonment and seizure of property.