A Law for Regulating Negroes and Slaves in the Night Time
Learning for Justice - This text is in the public domain. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-bd0f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
This is a law from 1731 describing the rules and punishments for slaves and black people out in the streets after dark in New York City. This text is for 9th-12th grade students.
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