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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]].
 
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 11:20, 22 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.


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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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