2 Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801 ch. 144 sec. 5 at 235-236 (1896)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:09:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:04:10Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T04:19:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1705 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any negro shall presume to carry any guns, swords, pistols, fowling-pieces, clubs or other arms or weapons whatsoever, without his master's special license for the same, and be convicted thereof before a magistrate, he shall be whipped with twenty-one lashes on his bare back." Passed January 12, 1705-6. Allowed to become a law by lapse of time in accordance with the proprietary charter, having been considered bythe Queen in Council, October 24, 1709, and not acted upon. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any negro shall presume to carry any guns, swords, pistols, fowling-pieces, clubs or other arms or weapons whatsoever, without his master's special license for the same, and be convicted thereof before a magistrate, he shall be whipped with twenty-one lashes on his bare back." Passed January 12, 1705-6. Allowed to become a law by lapse of time in accordance with the proprietary charter, having been considered bythe Queen in Council, October 24, 1709, and not acted upon. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law prohibited Black people from carrying firearms, swords, pistols, clubs, or other weapons without their master’s special permission. A violation could result in 21 lashes, although the act was later considered by the Queen in Council and not acted upon. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5129 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Statutes_at_Large_of_Pennsylvania_fr/OoA0AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22STATUTES%20AT%20LARGE%20OF%20PENNSYLVANIA%20FROM%201682%20TO%201801%22%20%22volume%202%22&pg=PA236&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | 2 Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801 ch. 144 sec. 5 at 235-236 (1896) |