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An act passed Florida's Territorial Legislative Council and approved by Acting Governor William M. McCarty on January 19, 1828. The act effectively establishes an elaborate slave code for Florida, regulating the introduction of slaves into the territory, a definition of a slave, punishments of both slaves and free people of color, licensing for free people of color, slaves with firearms, slaves buying or selling independently of their masters, and runaway slaves.

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1828-01-19

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Florida. Legislative Council

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Joseph D. Davenport (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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An Act Concerning Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes, Approved January 19, 1828

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Plantation life

Free blacks

Slaves--Abuse of

Slaves--Social conditions

Slavery--Law and legislation

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Florida. Legislative Council

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State Library of Florida, Florida State Documents Collection

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Joseph D. Davenport (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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1828-01-19

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Territorial Florida (1821-1845)

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Slavery And Race Relations

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Florida. Legislative Council. An Act Concerning Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes, Approved January 19, 1828. 1828-01-19. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345405>, accessed 25 April 2025.

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Florida. Legislative Council. An Act Concerning Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes, Approved January 19, 1828. 1828-01-19. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345405>

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