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A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time

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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
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1731
Place: New York
Publisher: William Bradford
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KVB (1731, Apr.22) (New York (City). Law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time)
Topics
Slavery -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1731
Ordinances, Municipal
Genres
Broadsides
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.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14686427
RLIN/OCLC: 44491184
NYPL Digital Gallery Description: 31375
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5833e660-0033-0130-603d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1731: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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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://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebdde86-d7f2-c140-e040-e00a18060af7

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebdde86-d7f2-c140-e040-e00a18060af7

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1731). A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebdde86-d7f2-c140-e040-e00a18060af7

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A law for regulating Negroes and slaves in the night time