Summary
Eliminated the ability for free Blacks to obtain licenses to carry bowie knives or firearms; instituted a ban on public carry by free Blacks, under penalty of a fine of $50.
Statutory Text
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That chapter 107, section 66, of the Revised Code, be amended to read as follows: If any free negro shall wear or carry about his person or keep in his house any shot gun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, sword cane, dagger, bowie knife, powder or shot, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction fined not less than fifty dollars.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws empowering the several county courts of the State to grant licenses to free negroes to carry fire arms, be and the same are hereby repealed.
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Title
1861 — North Carolina — Black Public Carry
Conduct
Public Possession & Carry
Instrument
Edged Weapons, Firearms
Jurisdiction
NC
Date
1861