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| − | + | The Duke of York's Laws, including a capital sodomy provision ([[The Duke of York's Laws: March 1, 1665|see 1665]]), were by an executive order of Governor Edmund Andros made operative in the area | |
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| + | law; Harry Elmer Barnes, The Evolution of Penology in Pennsylvania: A Study in American Social History (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927), p. 29; Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282. </ref> This law was next [[Sodomy law: Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682|revised in 1682]]. | ||
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| + | Return to [[Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin|Age of Sodomitical Sin]] index • Go to [[Sodomy case: Nicholas Sension; Connecticut, May 22, 1677|next article]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:59, 25 April 2008
The Duke of York's Laws, including a capital sodomy provision (see 1665), were by an executive order of Governor Edmund Andros made operative in the area later to become Pennsylvania.[1] This law was next revised in 1682.
Return to Age of Sodomitical Sin index • Go to next article
References
Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p. 111.
- ↑ 1676, Sept. 25: Pennsylvania "sodomy" law; Harry Elmer Barnes, The Evolution of Penology in Pennsylvania: A Study in American Social History (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927), p. 29; Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282.
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