1807 Miss. Terr. Laws 593
Abstract
Prohibition for people to purchase and trade guns and hunting articles with "any Indian."
Summary
Prohibition for people to purchase and trade guns and hunting articles with "any Indian."
Law Text
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That if any such citizen, or other person, shall purchase, or receive of any Indian, in the way of trade or barter, a gun, or other article commonly used in hunting, any instrument of husbandry, or cooking utensil, of the kind usually obtained by the Indians, in their intercourse with white people, or any article of clothing, excepting skins or furs, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES