Pledge not to provide alcohol to slaves or free people of color.

by Thomas Scott

$650 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Decatur County, Georgia, 1 January 1852. Printed document completed in manuscript, 12.75” x 7.25”. CONDITION: Very good, toned at edges, a few small chips and tears at top edge. Tavern owner Thomas Scott’s formal pledge not to “barter, give away, sell or furnish, to any slave or slaves, any measure or quantity of distilled or spiritous or intoxicating liquors without the verbal or written consent

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