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After the Glorious Revolution in England, in 1691, New York became a royal province. From that year the English "buggery" law (providing death for the crime) was apparently regarded as in effect.<ref>{{GLA}}, p. 121, citing Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282.</ref>
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On February 14, 1787, New York passed a new law explicitly mandating death for "buggery."<ref>''Laws of the State of New-York, Comprising The Constitution and The Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution from the First to the Twelfth Session, Inclusive'' (Hanover: Hugh Gaine, 1789), vol. 2, p. 45.</ref>
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The death penalty for the crime was abolished in New York in 1796.
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After the Glorious Revolution in England, in 1691, New York became a royal province. <ref>1691: New York "buggery" law;
 
Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282.
 
For the New York State law of Feb. 14,
 
1787, which provided death for "buggery,"
 
see Laws of the State of New-York,
 
Comprising The Constitution and The Acts of
 
the Legislature Since the Revolution from the
 
First to the Twelfth Session, Inclusive (Han.
 
over: Hugh Gaine, 1789), vol. 2, p. 45.</ref> From that time until 1787, the English "buggery" law (providing death) was apparently regarded as in effect. The death penalty for the crime was abolished in New York in 1796.
 
  
 
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Death for "buggery"

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After the Glorious Revolution in England, in 1691, New York became a royal province. From that year the English "buggery" law (providing death for the crime) was apparently regarded as in effect.[1]


On February 14, 1787, New York passed a new law explicitly mandating death for "buggery."[2]


The death penalty for the crime was abolished in New York in 1796.

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References

  1. Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983), p. 121, citing Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282.
  2. Laws of the State of New-York, Comprising The Constitution and The Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution from the First to the Twelfth Session, Inclusive (Hanover: Hugh Gaine, 1789), vol. 2, p. 45.


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