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1752 N.Y. Laws 199

dc.coverage.spatialNew York
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T13:33:29Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-12T15:22:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T03:32:45Z
dc.date.issued1730
dc.description.abstractCh. 560, § 20: Prohibited slaves from having or using any gun, pistol, sword, club, or any other kind of weapon. Violators punished by up to twenty lashes.
dc.description.lawtextXX. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any Slave or Slaves, to have or use any Gun, Pistol, Sword, Club, or any other Kind of Weapon whatsoever, but in the Presence of or by the Direction of his, her, or their Master or Mistress, and in their own Ground, on Penalty of being whipt for the same, at the Discretion of the Justice of the Peace, before whom such Complaint shall come, or upon the View of the said Justice, not exceeding twenty Lashes on the bare Back, for every such Offence.
dc.description.summaryProhibited slaves from having or using any gun, pistol, sword, club, or any other kind of weapon. Violators punished by up to twenty lashes.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4718
dc.relation.isreferencedbyGooglehttps://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_New_York_from_the_Year_1691_to_1/4d41AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=new+york+laws&printsec=frontcover
dc.subjectENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES
dc.title1752 N.Y. Laws 199

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