Entry #14260: Homosexual activity in Alabama

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RegionAlabama
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start DateJun 1802
End DateDec 1822
DescriptionIn 1802, the Mississippi Territory, which Alabama was part of at the time, enacted a new code that made sodomy a capital offense.
Sourceshttps://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/alabama.htm


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StatusIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start DateJun 1802
End DateDec 1822
DescriptionIn 1802, the Mississippi Territory, which Alabama was part of at the time, enacted a new code that made sodomy a capital offense.
Sourceshttps://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/alabama.htm