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MD. CODE, no. 77 (John Baskett 1723) (Law Passed 1715).

  • Year:
  • 1715
Category:

Race and Slavery Based,

Jurisdiction:

Colonial,

"An Act relating to Servants and Slaves.

    WHEREAS there have been several Acts provided against Servants, Runaways, which have hitherto proved ineffectual...

    ...And be it Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent aforesaid, That no Negro, or other Slave, within this Province, shall be permitted to carry any Gun, or any other offensive Weapon, from off their Master’s Land, without License from their said Master; and if any Negro, or other Slave, shall presume so to do, he shall be liable to be carried before a Justice of Peace, and be whipped, and his Gun, or other offensive Weapon, shall be forfeit to him that shall seize the same, and carry such Negro, so offending, before such Justice of Peace."

Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Province of Maryland, from 1692, to 1715 (London: John Baskett, 1723), 147. Number 77—An Act Relating to Servants and Slaves. Passed June 3, 1715.

Original source document from LLMC: https://llmc.com/docDisplay5.aspx?set=35550&volume=0001&part=001

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