A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time
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Title
A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1731
Place: New York
Publisher: William Bradford
Library Location
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KVB (1731, Apr.22) (New York (City). Law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time)
Subjects
Slavery -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1731
Ordinances, Municipal
Genres
Notes
Content: "Dated at the City-Hall this two and twentieth day of April, in the fourth year of His Majesty's reign, annoq; Domini 1731. By order of the Common council, Will. Sharpas,cl."
Content: At head of title: City of New-York, ss.
Content: COLLECTION HISTORY: This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans. (Source: NYPL Digital Gallery)
Citation/Reference: RELATED RESOURCES: NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) ‹http://www.inmotionaame.org› (Source: NYPL Digital Gallery)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 broadside ; 29 x 19 cm.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14686427
RLIN/OCLC: 44491184
NYPL Digital Gallery Description: 31375
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5833e660-0033-0130-603d-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1731
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1731. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5833e660-0033-0130-603d-58d385a7bc34
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