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An Act to prevent all persons from teaching slaves to read or write, the use of figures excepted. 1830-1831 11 (1830)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0118 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. prisoned for a year; and for the second offience shall suffer death without benefit of cleigy. CHIAPTE1 VI An net to prevent dl pesons firom teaehing slaves to real or write, the use of lguires exetled. Whereas the teaching of slaves to read and write, has at ten- Preambit. dency to excite dissatisfaction in their ininds, and to produce in. surrrection and rebellion, to the mauifest injury of the citizens of this State: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General AssemblU of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of he sane, That any free person, who shall hereafter teach, or atteipt tn Free *eror teach, any slave within this State to read or write, the use of ft p-rot. gures excepted, or shall give or sell to such slave or slaves any books or pamnphics, shall be liable to indictmient in any court of record in this State having jurisdiction thereof; and upon con- viction, shall, at the discretion of the court, if a white man orpeiq6g wonian, be lined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or inprisoined; and if a free person of co- lor, shall be lined, imprisoned, o- whipped, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes, nor less than twenty lashes. 11. Be it further enacted, That if any slave shall hereafter teach, or attempt to teach, any other slave to read or write, the Slavesprolii- use of figures excepted, he or she may be carried before anyjus tice of the peace, and on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to receive thirty nine lashes on his or her bare back IL. Be it furt/ r enacted, That the judges of the Superior (Crtstachla.r Courts and the justices of the County Courts shall give this act graudjury. in charge to the grand jurors of their respective counties. . CHAPTER VII .ii net to prohibit five persons of colour fromn peddling and hawking out of the limits of tie county in wtichi they respectively reside. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State qf North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by thi authority of the same,. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful Free persoan for any free person or persons of colour to hawk or peddle any of color shan goods, wares or commodities whatsoever out of the linits of the ilot pdie on- county in which they reside, unless he or she has a license to a10 bythecounty so, granted annually by the County Court of the county where !oruf. he or she resides; .which license shall be granted only when se, ven or more justices are present, and upon satisfactory evidence of the good character of the applicant; and for issuirz such li- cense the clerk shall he entitled to eighty cents. II. Be it further enacted, That if any free person or persons of' Penaty colour as aforesaid shall be guilty of a violation of this act, he, she or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for each and every such offence, to be recovered by warrant before any justice of the peace, in tile name and to the use of the wardens of the poor of the county in which the offence may have been commit- if

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