Hohn C. White, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the Parish of East Feliciana 68 (1847)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Louisiana - East Feliciana Parish | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T19:37:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:57:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1848 | |
| dc.description.abstract | No slave shall carry a gun to hunt, except on the plantation of his master or mistress; nor then unless accompanied by the overseer or some other free white member of the family, or has a written permit from his owner or overseer, which permit shall state for what said slave is hunting: | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Sec. 5 No slave shall carry a gun to hunt, except on the plantation of his master or mistress; nor then unless he is accompanied by the overseer or some other free white member of the family, or has a written permit from his owner or overseer, which permit shall state for what said slave is hunting: Any person having the charge of slaves, who shall permit this section to be violated, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars, for the use of the parish, upon information to any Justice, whose duty it is to take cognizance of the case. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law prohibited enslaved people from carrying guns to hunt except on their owner's plantation and only when accompanied by a free white supervisor or carrying written permission specifying the purpose of the hunt. Persons responsible for slaves who allowed violations were subject to a $20 fine. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3988 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Digest_of_the_Laws_and_Ordinances_of_the/ZIs0AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=hunt | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | Hohn C. White, Digest of the Laws and Ordinances of the Parish of East Feliciana 68 (1847) |