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The Florida Repository serves for historical, academic, and cultural materials related to the state of Florida. This repository includes research studies, historical documents, and scholarly works that explore Florida's development, culture, and contributions to regional and national history.

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An Act to prevent Indians from roaming at large throught the Territory, in Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840, at 46 (John P. Duval ed., 1839)
(General Publisher, 1827)
Prohibited any male "Indian" of the years of discretion to leave the reservation assigned to his tribe. Allowed any person or persons to apprehend, seize, and take said "Indian" to some justice of the peace who is "hereby authorized ipowerd, and required" to whip the "Indian" not exceeding thirty-nine stripes. Any gun in possession at the time of apprehension shall be taken and deposited with the authorities.
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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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1828 Fla. Laws 24, An Act to Prevent Fire Hunting
(General Publisher, 1828)
[I]f any person shall hunt by fire light in the night time, with a gun or other firearms beyond his own enclosure, such person shall on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty five dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one month, at the discretion of the court.
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1828 Fla. Acts 24, An Act To Prevent Fire Hunting
(General Publisher, 1828)
Prohibited hunting by fire light in the night time with a gun or other firearms and not on one's own private property. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one month at discretion of the court.
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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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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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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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Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840 423 (1839), ch. 860
(General Publisher, 1835)
Prohibited the concealed carry of arms of any kind whatsoever. Also prohibited the carry of any dirk, pistol, or other arm, or weapon.
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Fla. Const., Art. I, § 21 (1838)
(General Publisher, 1838)
Provided a right to keep and bear arms for “the free white men of this State.”
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1838 Fla. Laws 70, An Act To Incorporate the City of Key West, § 8
(General Publisher, 1838)
Granted the common council of Key West the authority to regulate the safe storage of gun powder.
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1838 Fla. Laws 36, ch. 24
(General Publisher, 1838)
Required prospective vendors of dirks, pocket pistols, sword canes, or Bowie knives to pay an annual two-hundred dollar tax. Individuals who wish to carry the previously listed weapons are required to pay a ten dollar tax.
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No. 24. An act in addition to An Act, (approved January 30th, 1835,) entitled An Act to prevent any person in this Territory from carrying arms secretly, §1 (10 Feb., 1838).
(General Publisher, 1838)
it shall not be lawful for any person or persons in this Territory to vend dirks, pocket pistols, sword canes, or bowie knives, until he or they shall have first paid to the treasurer of the county in which he or they intend to vend weapons, a tax of two hundred dollars per annum, and all persons carrying said weapons openly shall pay to the officer aforesaid a tax of ten dollars per annum;
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John P. Duval, Compilation of the Public Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, Passed Prior to 1840, at 423 (1839), An Act to Prevent any Person in this Territory from Carrying Arms Secretly
(General Publisher, 1839)
Prohibited the concealed carrying of “any dirk, pistol, or other arm, or weapon, except a common pocket- knife.” Punishable by fine of $50-500 or imprisonment for 1-6 months.
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Act of Jan. 5, 1847, Ch. 75, § 3, 1846 Fla. Laws 20
(General Publisher, 1847)
Prohibited concealed carry of any dirk, pistol, or other arm or weapon. Violators fined not less than five dollars not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten days nor exceeeding six months.
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Leslie A. Thompson, A Manual or Digest of the Statute Law of the State of Florida, of a General and Public Character, in Force at the End of the Second Session of the General Assembly of the State, on the Sixth Day of January, 1847 Page 547
(General Publisher, 1847)
Prohibited any male "Indian" from leaving the reservations. Allowed the confiscation of any guns in possession of violators. Violators also subject up to thirty-nine stripes from a whip at the discretion of the Justice.
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1852 Fla. Laws 137, An Act To Prevent Fire Hunting in the County of St. Johns, ch. 558, § 1
(General Publisher, 1852)
Prohibited hunting by fire light in the night time with a gun or other firearms and not on one's own private property within the county of St. Johns. Violators fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one month at discretion of the court.
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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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1865 Fla. Laws 27, An Act Prescribing Additional Penalities For the Commission of Offenses Against the State, and for Other Purposes, Chap. 1466, § 19
(General Publisher, 1865)
Prohibited hunting with a gun on lands without the owners permission. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor.
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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, § 15, 1865 Fla. Laws 23, 25-27.
(General Publisher, 1866)
That if any person shall form any military organization in this State, not authorized by law, or shall participate or aid or abet in the formation of such organization, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months;
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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, § 14, 1865 Fla. Laws 23, 25-27.
(General Publisher, 1866)
That if any negro, mulatto, or other person of color, shall intrude himself into any religious or other public assembly of white persons, or into any railroad car or other public vehicle set apart for the exclusive accommodation of white people, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to stand in the pillory for one hour, or be whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes, or both, at the discretion of the jury; nor shall it be lawful for any white person to intrude himself into any religious or other public assembly of colored persons, or in to any railroad car or other public vehicle, set apart for the exclusive accommodation of persons of color, under the same penalties.