11379002https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11379002South CarolinaGeorgetownDistrict/Parish1911790Legislativereferred to committee0010South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaSeventy-four "Inhabitants of Georgetown" represent that they "find the Laws already made for the regulation of the said Town to be very defective." In particular, they request that "Negroes be prevented from Galloping Horses &c through the Streets of the said Town"; that "every person whatever be prevented from Trading with negro slaves or retailing Spiritous Liquors to them on board of vessels with the Harbour of Georgetown"; and that "every person be prevented from Trading with Negro and other Slaves within the Rivers of the said District."Alcohol, right to sell/buyClandestine economy