Summary
Prohibited slaves from carrying weapons without permission from their master.
Statutory Text
SECT. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Negro or Mulatto slave shall presume to carry any guns, swords, pistols, fowling pieces, clubs, or other arms and 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, upon his bare back.
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Details
Title
1797 — Delaware — Slave Arms Carry
Conduct
Public Possession & Carry
Instrument
Blunt Weapons, Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
DE
Date
1787