sentences:  Several town ordinances were enacted in 1842 to further restrain the enslaved African American population.These included the prohibition of selling or purchasing any article or commodity from or to a slave without written permission from their master or overseer, no slave was allowed to purchase alcohol without written consent, if any slave were convicted of assault upon "any white man, negro, or mulatto" the owner would be fined $50, any slave caught running "any horse, gelding, or mule" through town would be subject to fifteen lashes unless the owner pays a fine of $1, any slave caught driving any wagon or cart or driving a horse or mule on or across the sidewalks of the town would be subject to 10 lashes unless the owner pays a fine of 50 cents.With its eclectic mix of citizenry, Demopolis was slow to erect houses of worship.