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Ban in Richmond Threatens Fine, Whipping

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Tags African Americans, Bans
City/State/Country: Richmond, VA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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"No person shall raise or fly a Kite, or play at Ball, Bandy, Quoits, or throw stones . . . on any Lane, Street, or Alley or Highway within the City . . . .

-- Richmond VA Ordinance, 1831

"Fines were $3 per offense and 15-20 stripes of whipping for any slave convicted."

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Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Richmond, and the Acts of Assembly Relating Thereto, (Richmond Virginia, 1831), page 116.   Per 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 37-38.

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