Transcript of "An Act Impowering [sic] the Magistrates and Freeholders of Charlotte County Occasionally to Prohibit the Selling of Rum or Other Strong Liquors to the Indians," passed by the General Assembly of British West Florida.
The act enables local authorities to decide when to limit the sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians, in order to protect the colonists and preserve peaceful relations with local tribes: "Whereas frequent Tumults and Disturbances have happened by an unlimited Practice of Selling and Bartering...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The act enables local authorities to decide when to limit the sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians, in order to protect the colonists and preserve peaceful relations with local tribes: "Whereas frequent Tumults and Disturbances have happened by an unlimited Practice of Selling and Bartering Rum and other Spirituous Liquors to the Indians in the Town of Mobile and Country adjacent to the great Interruption of Peace and safety of the Inhabitants, as well as the hazard of a General Misunderstanding with the Neighbouring Indians so dangerous in the present defenceless [sic] State of that Country." |
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