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|Headline=In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying | |Headline=In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying | ||
|Year=1797 | |Year=1797 | ||
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|Location=South | |Location=South | ||
|Tags=Bans,African Americans | |Tags=Bans,African Americans | ||
|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." <u>North-Carolina Minerva</u> (March 11, 1797), excerpted in G. Johnson, <u>Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History</u> (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," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 29</p> | |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." <u>North-Carolina Minerva</u> (March 11, 1797), excerpted in G. Johnson, <u>Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History</u> (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," <u>Base Ball</u>, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 29</p> | ||
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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." 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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