2025-03-221840James Iredell, A Digested Manual of the Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina, at 73 (1847)https://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/1968--Prohibited “any free negro, mulatto, or free person of color” from carrying or possessing any shotgun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, dagger, or bowie knife without a license from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her country.enENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIESBook chapter