1831 Fla. Terr. Acts 30
Abstract
Act of Jan. 31, 1831: Barred any "free negro or mulatto" from keeping or carrying a firelock, or military or other weapons, powder, or lead without obtaining a license. Licenses may be withdrawn at any time.
Summary
This law prohibits free Black individuals and mulattoes (except in St. Augustine and Pensacola, where local ordinances apply) from possessing firearms, military weapons, powder, or lead without first obtaining a license from a justice of the peace. The license can be revoked at any time. Violators must forfeit their weapons and ammunition to the informer upon conviction.
Law Text
Sect. 9. Be it further enacted, That no free negro or mulatto (except in the cities of St. Augustine and Pensacola, and in which cities they shall be governed by the ordinances of the corporation) shall be suffered to keep or carry any firelock of any kind, or military or other weapons, or any powder or lead, without first obtaining a license from a justice of the peace of the county or corporation in which he resides, which license may at any time be withdrawn by an order of such justice; any free negro or mulatto who shall so offend, shall, on conviction before a justice of the peace, forfeit all such arms and ammunition to the use of the informer.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES