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Louisiana

Louisiana Complete gun and self-defense ban for slaves.

1806

 

Black

Code, ch. 33, Sec. 19, Laws of La. 150, 160 (1806)

provided that a slave was denied the use of firearms

and all other offensive weapons. (GLJ, p. 337)

Louisiana Complete gun ban for slaves.

1811

 

 Act  of April 8, 1811, Ch. 14, 1811 Laws of La. 50, 53-54, forbade sale or  delivery of firearms to slaves. (Id.) 1819 South Carolina Master's  permission required for gun possession by slave. Act of Dec. 18, 1819,  1819 Acts of S.C. 28, 31, prohibited slaves outside the company of  whites or without written permission from their master from using or  carrying firearms unless they were hunting or guarding the master's  plantation. (Id.)  

Louisiana Blacks require police and employer approval to own guns, unless s

1865

 

Louisiana Statute of

1865

prohibited blacks, not in the military service, from

"carrying fire-arms, or any kind of weapons...without

the special permission of his employers, approved and

indorsed by the nearest and most convenient chief of

patrol." (Fleming, p. 280)(GLJ, p. 344)

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