1797 — Delaware — Slave Arms Carry

1700-1797 Del. L. chap. 43, p. 104

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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Title 1797 — Delaware — Slave Arms Carry
Jurisdiction DE
Date 1787