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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
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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 still in force, suggesting that this law was earlier considered operative.
still in force, suggesting that this law was earlier considered operative.
 
  
  
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Revision as of 13:20, 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.

  1. 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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