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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1797 | |||
|Year Number=5 | |||
|Headline=In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying | |Headline=In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=South | |Tags=African Americans, Bans, | ||
| | |Location=US South | ||
|Text=<p>A punishment of 15 lashes was specified for "negroes, that shall make a noise or assemble in a riotous manner in any of the streets [of Fayetteville NC] on the Sabbath day; or that may be seen playing ball on that day." | |Country=United States | ||
|Coordinates=35.0526641, -78.87835849999999 | |||
|State=NC | |||
|City=Fayetteville | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>A punishment of 15 lashes was specified for "negroes, that shall make a noise or assemble in a riotous manner in any of the streets [of Fayetteville NC] on the Sabbath day; or that may be seen playing ball on that day."</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><em>North-Carolina Minerva</em> (March 11, 1797), excerpted in G. Johnson,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History</span> (Chapel Hill NC, 1937), page 551; as cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," <span>Base Ball</span>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 29.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | A punishment of 15 lashes was specified for "negroes, that shall make a noise or assemble in a riotous manner in any of the streets [of Fayetteville NC] on the Sabbath day; or that may be seen playing ball on that day." |
Sources | North-Carolina Minerva (March 11, 1797), excerpted in G. Johnson, Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History (Chapel Hill NC, 1937), page 551; as cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 29. |
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