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An Act concerning patrols, in Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840, at 65 (John P. Duval ed., 1839)
(General Publisher, 1833)
Prohibited “any slave, free negro, or mulatto” from keeping any firearm in the home.
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Act of Feb. 17, 1833, ch. 671, 1833 Fla. Acts pp. 26, 30
(General Publisher, 1833)
Declared a duty of white patrols to search "negro houses or other suspected places for firearms. Violators punished by whipping, not to exceed thirty-nine strikes.
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Act of Jan. 31, 1831, 1831 Fla. Acts p. 30
(General Publisher, 1831)
Barred any "free negro or mulatto" from keeping or carrying a firelock, or military or other weapons, powder, or lead without obtaining a license. Licenses may be withdrawn at any time.
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An Act relating to Crimes and Misdemeanors Committed by Slaves, Free Negroes, and Mulattoes, in Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840, at 227 (John P. Duval ed., 1839)
(General Publisher, 1828)
Prohibited “any slave” from willfully or maliciously shooting any free white person with a gun.
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An Act Prescribing Additional Penalties for the Commission of Offences against the State, and for Other Purposes, Ch. 1460, No. 3, § 12, 1865 Fla. Laws 23, 25-27.
(General Publisher, 1866)
That it shall not be lawful for any negro, mulatto, or other person of color, to own, use or keep in his possession or under his control, any Bowie-knife, dirk, sword, fire-arms or ammunition of any kind, unless he first obtain a license to do so from the Judge of Probate of the county in which he may be a resident for the time being
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1865 Fla. Laws 25, ch. 1466, § 12
(General Publisher, 1865)
Prohibited "any negro, mulatto, or other person of color" to keep or bear Bowie-knives, dirks, swords, fire-arms, or ammuniton of any kind without a license from the Judge of Probate in their county of residence. Violators subject to confiscation of weapons, including a sentence of one hour in the pillory, or be whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine "stripes."

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