Liquor License, Barnwell District, South Carolina, August 21, 1841.

Authors

Barnwell District, South Carolina

Files

Description

In which the licensee, William Robertson Jr., swears to not "sell give exchange barter" liquor to any enslaved persons. Signed by C.A. Scott.

Transcription

The State of South Carolina Barnwell District Personally appeared before [illegible, page torn] William Robertson Jr [illegible, page torn, words crossed out] sworn has taken [illegible, page torn] scribed the following oath I C. A. Scott do solemnly sw[ear] that I will not directly [illegible, page torn] during the period for which [illegible, page torn] receive a license to retail spiratu [illegible, page torn] liquor, sell, give, exchange, barter [illegible, page torn] any wise deliver any spiritual? [illegible, page torn] so any slave or slavery contrary to the true intent and meaning of the Law for the meventiny the selling or delivery of spiritual? liquor ? slave C. A. Scott

Creation Date

8-21-1841

County

Barnwell

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Keywords

liquor license, oath, sell, liquor, commerce, trade, enslavement, "enslaved people", "enslaved person", slavery, bondage, law, legal, African-American, African-Americans, 1841, liquor, slavery, slaves, oath, swear, barnwell, south carolina, William Robertson Jr., C.S. Scott

Resource Identifier

080505-43

Date Digital

11-2015

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

African American Studies | American Studies | Cultural History | History | Labor History | Legal | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

pdf

Language

en-us

Recommended Citation

Barnwell District, South Carolina, "Liquor License, Barnwell District, South Carolina, August 21, 1841." (1841). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 322.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/322

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