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| − | The Georgia Colony was chartered as a private "trusteeship," with the English buggery statute apparently regarded as in force. <ref> 1732, June 20: Georgia "buggery" law; Horatio Marbury and Wm. H. Crawford, ed., Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia . . . 1755 to 1800 . . . (Savannah: Seymour, Woohopter & Stebbins, 1802), pp. 400-01; for the law of 1777 see same </ref> In 1777 Georgia legislators affirmed that the statutes of England (implicitly including its buggery law) were | + | The Georgia Colony was chartered as a private "trusteeship," with the English buggery statute apparently regarded as in force.<ref> 1732, June 20: Georgia "buggery" law; Horatio Marbury and Wm. H. Crawford, ed., Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia . . . 1755 to 1800 . . . (Savannah: Seymour, Woohopter & Stebbins, 1802), pp. 400-01; for the law of 1777 see same </ref> In 1777 Georgia legislators affirmed that the statutes of England (implicitly including its buggery law) were still in force, suggesting that this law was earlier considered operative. |
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Revision as of 12:20, 16 April 2008
The Georgia Colony was chartered as a private "trusteeship," with the English buggery statute apparently regarded as in force.[1] In 1777 Georgia legislators affirmed that the statutes of England (implicitly including its buggery law) were still in force, suggesting that this law was earlier considered operative.
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Article adapted from Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p. 133.
- ↑ 1732, June 20: Georgia "buggery" law; Horatio Marbury and Wm. H. Crawford, ed., Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia . . . 1755 to 1800 . . . (Savannah: Seymour, Woohopter & Stebbins, 1802), pp. 400-01; for the law of 1777 see same
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