1833 Fla. Terr. Acts 26, 30
| dc.coverage.spatial | Florida [Territory] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-23T23:45:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-11T14:51:55Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T00:25:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1833 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Act of Feb. 17, 1833, ch. 671: Declared a duty of white patrols to search "negro houses or other suspected places for firearms. Violators punished by whipping, not to exceed thirty-nine strikes. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECT. 15. Be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any patrol of this Territory, to take from any slave or slaves any fire-arms, or other dangerous weapons, to be delivered by said patrol to the justice of the peace of said district. SECT. 16. Be it further enacted, That any fire-arms, or other articles so taken by the patrol, shall be delivered over to the nearest justice of the peace: and unless the same be called for within thirty days by the owner thereof or his agent, they may be sold at auction on some public day, and at some public place, and the proceeds shall by aid justice of the peace be paid into the county treasury for county purposes: Provided, ten days' notice of such sale be given by one or more advertisements stuck up in some public place in the district. SECT. 17. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any slave, free negro, or mulatto, to keep or retain in his or their house or houses, any fire-arms whatsoever, and it is hereby made the duty of the patrol to search negro houses or other suspected places for fire-arms, and if any they find, contrary to the true intent and meaning of his act, may take the same to the nearest justice of the peace, who may proceed therewith as directed in a preceding section of this act; and the negro or negroes, in whose possession the same may be found, on failing to give a plain and satisfactory account of the manner he or they came possessed of the same, may be severally punished by moderate whipping on the bare back, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes. | |
| dc.description.summary | These sections of the law authorize patrols to seize firearms or dangerous weapons from slaves and free Black individuals, with the items delivered to a justice of the peace. If unclaimed within 30 days, the weapons may be sold at auction, with proceeds going to the county treasury. Additionally, it is unlawful for slaves, free Black people, or mulattoes to possess firearms, and patrols are tasked with searching homes for weapons. If found, the owner must provide a satisfactory explanation, or they may be punished with up to 39 lashes. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3507 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Compilation_of_the_Public_Acts_of_the_Le/RTlFAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA65&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | 1833 Fla. Terr. Acts 26, 30 |