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[2] This measure tended only to prevent the dissemination of
information among Negroes by making it impossible for them to
assemble. It was not until 1863 that the State of Delaware finally
passed a positive measure to prevent the assemblages of colored
persons for instruction and all other meetings except for religious
worship and the burial of the dead.[3] Following the example of
Delaware in 1832, Florida passed a law prohibiting all meetings of
Negroes except those for divine worship at a church or place attended
by white persons.[4] Florida made the same regulations more stringent
in 1846 when she enjoyed the freedom of a State.[5]
[Footnote 1] Hutchinson, _Code of Mississippi_, p. 533.
[Footnote 2] _Laws of Delaware_, 1832, pp. 181-182.
[Footnote 3] _Ibid._, 1863, p. 330 _et seq._
[Footnote 4: _Acts of the Legislative Council of the Territory of
Florida, 1832_, p. 145.]
[Footnote 5: _Acts of Florida, 1846_, ch. 87, sec. 9.]
Alabama had some difficulty in getting a satisfactory law. In 1832
this commonwealth enacted a law imposing a fine of from $250 to $500
on persons who should attempt to educate any Negro whatsoever.
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