Oaths to restrict liquor sales to enslaved and free persons of color, 1853-1854

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1853-1854

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet 2 folders

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Item, box, folder], Oaths to restrict liquor sales to enslaved and free people of color, ms4559, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains two documents from Dooly County, Georgia with four signed oaths from merchants to restrict the sales of liquor to any enslaved person or free person of color without the owner, overseer, employer, or guardian's consent.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Merchants -- Georgia.
African Americans -- Civil rights
Free African Americans -- History.
Oaths.

Places:

Dooly County (Ga.)

Preferred citation:

[Item, box, folder], Oaths to restrict liquor sales to enslaved and free people of color, ms4559, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.