1860 Ga. Laws 56
Abstract
No. 63, § 1: Prohibited the sale or furnishing of any gun, pistol, Bowie knife, slungshot, sword cane, or other weapon to a "slave or free person of color." Punishable by fine up to $500 and imprisonment up to 6 months.
Summary
Prohibited the sale or furnishing of any gun, pistol, Bowie knife, slungshot, sword cane, or other weapon to a "slave or free person of color." Punishable by fine up to $500 and imprisonment up to 6 months.
Law Text
SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, any person other than the owner, who shall sell or furnish to any slave or free person of color, any gun, pistol, bowie knife, slung shot, sword cane, or other weapon used for the purpose of offence or defence, shall, on indictment and conviction, be fined by the Court in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the common Jail of the county not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the Court; Provided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent owners or overseers from furnishing a slave with a gun for the purpose of killing birds, &c., about the plantation of such owner or overseer.
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ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES