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Connecticut Colony legislators adopted Robert Ludlow's codification of existing
 
Connecticut Colony legislators adopted Robert Ludlow's codification of existing
 
law, known as "Ludlow's Code." <ref>1650, May: Connecticut sodomy law;
 
law, known as "Ludlow's Code." <ref>1650, May: Connecticut sodomy law;
 
George Brinley, ed., The Laws of Connecticut: An Exact Reprint of the Original
 
George Brinley, ed., The Laws of Connecticut: An Exact Reprint of the Original
Edition of 1673 (Hartford: privately printed, 1865), p. 9.</ref> This code included the [[Sodomy law: Connecticut, December 1, 1642|Connecticut law of 1642]], which provided death for sodomy (here called "men lying with men"). Ludlow's Code was next revised in [ LINK| October 1672]].
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Edition of 1673 (Hartford: privately printed, 1865), p. 9.</ref> This code included the [[Sodomy law: Connecticut, December 1, 1642|Connecticut law of 1642]], which provided death for sodomy (here called "men lying with men"). Ludlow's Code was next revised in [[Sodomy law: Connecticut, October, 1672|October 1672]].
  
 
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Revision as of 16:29, 11 April 2008

Connecticut Colony legislators adopted Robert Ludlow's codification of existing law, known as "Ludlow's Code." [1] This code included the Connecticut law of 1642, which provided death for sodomy (here called "men lying with men"). Ludlow's Code was next revised in October 1672.

References

Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p. 94.

  1. 1650, May: Connecticut sodomy law; George Brinley, ed., The Laws of Connecticut: An Exact Reprint of the Original Edition of 1673 (Hartford: privately printed, 1865), p. 9.


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