Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Province of New York, From 1691, to 1718, at 144 (1719)

Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Province of New York, From 1691, to 1718, at 144 (1719)

Abstract

"An Act for Preventing, Suppressing, and Punishing the Conspiracy and Insurrection of Negroes, and other Slaves": Prohibition on "any Negro, Indian, Mulatto Slave" from having or using any gun or pistol outside of their master's presence.

Summary

Prohibition on "any Negro, Indian, Mulatto Slave" from having or using any gun or pistol outside of their master's presence.

Law Text

XX. 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.