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| − | 116-17.</ref>On March 1, 1665, at Hempstead, Long Island, representatives from several towns approved the code of laws drawn up by the duke's agent. These laws, which closely followed New England precedent | + | 116-17.</ref> On March 1, 1665, at Hempstead, Long Island, representatives from several towns approved the code of laws drawn up by the duke's agent. These laws, which closely followed New England precedent |
in their wording, went into effect in what became the New York and New | in their wording, went into effect in what became the New York and New | ||
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perjury to take a life, (9) treason, (10) insurrection, and (11) children over sixteen | perjury to take a life, (9) treason, (10) insurrection, and (11) children over sixteen | ||
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| + | Return to [[Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin|Age of Sodomitical Sin]] index • Go to [[Sodomy law: New Jersey, May 30, 1668|next article]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:01, 15 July 2008
Sodomy law
In 1664 the English conquered the Dutch New Netherland Colony and it became a proprietary colony of the Duke of York.[1] On March 1, 1665, at Hempstead, Long Island, representatives from several towns approved the code of laws drawn up by the duke's agent. These laws, which closely followed New England precedent in their wording, went into effect in what became the New York and New Jersey colonies, and in the Pennsylvania Colony in 1676.
Eleven capital crimes were listed in the Duke of York's laws of 1665. These
included: (1) blasphemy, (2) premeditated murder, (3) murder of a defenseless
victim, (4) conspiracy to murder, (5) bestiality, (6) sodomy, (7) man-stealing, (8)
perjury to take a life, (9) treason, (10) insurrection, and (11) children over sixteen
smiting their parents.
The sodomy provision read:
If any man lyeth with mankind as he lyeth with a woman, they shall be put
to Death, unless the one party were Forced or be under fourteen Years of age, in which Case he shall be punished at the Discretion of the Court of
Assizes.
This law was next revised when New York became a royal province in 1711.
Return to Age of Sodomitical Sin index • Go to next article
References
Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p.105-6.
- ↑ 1665, March 1: Duke of York's sodomy law; George Straughton and others, ed., Charter to William Penn, and Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania . (Harrisburg, Pa.: Lane S. Hart, 1879), p. 14. Also see Charles M. Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History (New Haven: 1934-38), vol. 3, pp. 106-07, 116-17.
