James Iredell, A Digested Manual of the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina 73 (1847)
Abstract
Prohibited "any free negro, mulatto, or free person of color" from carrying or possessing any shotgun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, dagger, or bowie knife without a license from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her country.
Summary
Prohibited "any free negro, mulatto, or free person of color" from carrying or possessing any shotgun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, dagger, or bowie knife without a license from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her country.
Law Text
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any free Negro, Mulatto, or free Person of Colour, shall wear or carry about his or her person, or keep in his her house, any Shot-gun, Musket, Rifle, Pistol, Sword, Dagger or Bowie-knife, unless he or she shall have obtained a license therefor from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her County, within one year preceding the wearing, keeping or carrying thereof, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be indicted therefor.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES