Buggery law: New York, 1691
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Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay/Lesbian Almanac (NY: Harper & Row, 1983) p. 121.
After the Glorious Revolution in England, in 1691, New York became a royal province. [1] From that time until 1787, the English "buggery" law (providing death) was apparently regarded as in effect. The death penalty for the crime was abolished in New York in 1796.
References
- ↑ 1691: New York "buggery" law; Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282. For the New York State law of Feb. 14, 1787, which provided death for "buggery," see Laws of the State of New-York, Comprising The Constitution and The Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution from the First to the Twelfth Session, Inclusive (Han. over: Hugh Gaine, 1789), vol. 2, p. 45.
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