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Were African slaves in America allowed to hold firearms?

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The answer is both No and Yes. Slavery was always the seriously barbaric institution most offend depicted in movies. read more

Act of Feb. 25, 1840, no. 20, Sec. 1, 1840 Acts of Fla. 22-23 made sale or delivery of firearms to slaves forbidden. (Id. p. 337) 1840: Texas: Complete gun ban for slaves. “An Act Concerning Slaves,” Sec. 6, 1840 Laws of Tex. 171, 172, ch. 58 of the Texas Acts of 1850 prohibited slaves from using firearms altogether from 1842-1850. read more

Actually, in many of the Code Noir laws regarding slaves it was very illegal. After each rebellion (Nat Turner) or scare (Denmark Vesey) there was a tightening of these laws and harsh crackdowns on all the innocents. The few slaves with firearms were usually older male slaves who had lived on the same plantation all their lives. read more

Many black slaves were allowed to hold jobs, own businesses, and own real estate. Somewhat true. There were exceptions, but generally speaking — especially after 1750, by which time slave codes had been entered into the law books in most of the American colonies — black slaves were not legally permitted to own property or businesses. read more

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