Florida laws circumscribed ownership of certain property by slaves.
Leslie A. Thompson, Manual or Digest of the Statute Law of the State of Florida, of a General and Public Character (Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1847), 541
15. If a slave shall use, carry, or keep any firearms, ammunition, or any weapon, except by special license from his master, owner, or overseer, for the purpose of killing game, birds or beasts of prey, or for any other necessary and lawful purpose, (and such license shall be received weekly,) such slave shall be punished by the infliction of a number of stripes, not exceeding thirty-nine, at the discretion of any Justice of the Peace.
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17. It shall not be lawful for any slave to possess, in his or her own right, any horse, mare, gelding, mule, or any cattle or sheep whatever, and if any slave shall be so possessed of such property, the same shall be forfeited and may be sold, by order of any Justice of the Peace, and one half of the proceeds, after deducting costs and charges, paid into the county treasury, and the other half shall be paid to the person prosecuting.