Buggery law: West New Jersey, 1681
From OutHistory
Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Quaker colony of West New Jersey, whose assembly met yearly starting in 1681, did not pass a sodomy law. Only treason and murder were explicitly made capital offenses, though the English "buggery" statute may have been formally in effect.[1] This colony's status changed when West and East New Jersey were united as a single royal colony in 1702.
Return to Age of Sodomitical Sin index • Go to next article
References
Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p. 119.
- ↑ 1681: West New Jersey "buggery" law; Barnes, Evolution, p. 28, citing Aaron Learning and Jacob Spicer, ed., The Grants and Concessions . . . of the Province of New-Jersey . . . (Philadelphia: W. Bradford, 1752?), pp. 382-411; Andrews, Colonial, vol. 3, pp. 177-78; Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 284.
This entry is part of the featured exhibit Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin curated by Jonathan Ned Katz. As it is content created by a named author, editor, or curator, it is not open to editing by the general public. But we strongly encourage you to discuss the content or propose edits on the discussion page, and the author, editor, or curator will make any changes that improve the entry or its content. Thanks.
