1866 Miss. Laws 82-86, 91, 165
Abstract
Prohibited any "freedman, free negro or mulatto" from keeping or carrying any firearms, ammunition, dirk, or bowie knife.
Summary
This statute prohibited freedmen, free Black people, and mulattoes—unless in the military or licensed by their county police board—from owning or carrying firearms, ammunition, or knives, subjecting violators to fines, confiscation of weapons, and immediate arrest.
Law Text
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That no freedman, free negro or mulatto, not in the military service of the United States Government, and not licensed so to do by the board of police of his or her county, shall keep or carry fire-arms of any kind, or any ammunition, dirk or bowie knife, and on conviction thereof, in the county court, shall be punished by fine, not exceeding ten dollars, and pay the costs of such proceedings, and all such arms or ammunition shall be forfeited to the informer, and it shall be the duty of every civil and military officer to arrest any freedman, free negro or mulatto found with any such arms or ammunition, and cause him or her to be committed for trial in default of bail.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES