1715-55 N.C. Sess. Laws 36
| dc.coverage.spatial | North Carolina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T13:37:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T15:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T03:42:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1729 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Additional Act to an Act for Appointing Toll-Books, and for Preventing People from Driving Horses, Cattle, or Hogs to Other Persons' Lands, ch. 5, § 7: Prohibited "slaves" to hunt on any person's land besides their master's with any weapon. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | VII. And whereas great damages are frequently done, by slaves being permitted to hunt or range with dogs or guns: For prevention whereof, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any slave, on any pretence whatsoever, to go, range or hunt on any person's land other than his masters, with dog or gun, or any weapon, unless there be a white man in his company; under the penalty of twenty shillings, to be paid by his master, for every offence, unto the owner of the land whereon such slave shall range or hunt; and that no slave shall travel from his master's land by himself to any other place, unless he shall keep the most usual and accustomed road: and if any slave shall offend contrary hereto, it shall be lawful for the owner of the land whereon any slave shall be found, to give him a severe whipping, not exceeding forty lashes: And if any loose, disorderly, or suspected person, be found drinking, eating, or keeping company with slaves in the night time, such person shall be apprehended and carried before a Justice of the Peace; and if he cannot give a good and satisfactory account of his behaviour, such person shall be whipped, at the discretion of the Justice, not exceeding forty lashes. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited slaves from hunting on any person's land besides their master's with any weapon. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4835 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://access.heinonline.com/HOL/P?h=hein.ssl/ssnc0276&i=28 | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.title | 1715-55 N.C. Sess. Laws 36 |