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| Region | Mississippi |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Jun 1802 |
| Description | In Mississippi's first criminal codes, pre-statehood, there were no references to sodomy and in the precolonial era, same-sex sexual activity was not believed to be criminalised. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/mississippi.htm#fn3 |
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1 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Jun 1802 |
| Description | In Mississippi's first criminal codes, pre-statehood, there were no references to sodomy and in the precolonial era, same-sex sexual activity was not believed to be criminalised. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/mississippi.htm#fn3 |