Ordinances of the Borough of Vincennes, with the Act of Incorporation and Supplement Thereto Prefixed 54-55 (1820)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Iowa [Territory] - Vincennes | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:12:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:40:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:41:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1819 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited "any negro or mulatto" from possessing "deadly weapons." | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Sec. 7. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That any negro or mulatto, shall be punished with thirty-nine stripes on the bare back, if found with deadly weapons, other than the legal implements of his, or her business, when engaged therein; and it is hereby made the duty of the town constable, and permitted to any other citizen, to disarm and imprison such negro or mulatto, as may be found with a belt or butcher-knife, dirk, sword, or pistol, and make complaint to any magistrate within this Borough, to award the aforesaid punishment. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited "any negro or mulatto" from possessing "deadly weapons." | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3842 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | https://perma.cc/S34K-NXZA | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | Ordinances of the Borough of Vincennes, with the Act of Incorporation and Supplement Thereto Prefixed 54-55 (1820) |