1647: Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, reprinted in The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts 28 (Harvard Univ. Press 1929)
Abstract
Prohibited the repairing, selling, and giving of "any Indian" a gun, ammunition, or armour, punishable by fine.
Summary
The law prohibited selling, giving, bartering, repairing, or otherwise supplying firearms, ammunition, armor, or weapons to any Indian or to persons living outside the jurisdiction, with substantial fines imposed for each violation.
Law Text
Nor shall any person, sell, give or Barter, directly or indirectly, any Gun or Guns, Powder, Bullets, Shot, Lead to any Indian whatsoever, or to any person Inhabiting out of this Jurisdiction: Nor shall any amend or repair any Gun belonging to any Indian, nor shall sell any Armour or Weapons, upon penalty of ten pounds for every Gun, Armour or Weapons so sold, given or Bartered, five pounds for every pound of Powder, forty shillings for every pound of Shot or Lead, and proportionably for any greater or lesser quantity.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES