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Original caption of 1941 photograph: "Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia...This old woman was a slave and belonged to the family on whose place she now lives. She was a small girl when Sherman's army came through." (U.S. Department of Agriculture via NARA) Slavery in Georgia is known to have
The Whydah army in the 18th century was commanded by the governors of the 26 districts. [8] The governors were expected to arm their men with weapons. [8] [9] Assou; Provincial governor and caboceer of the French fort at Whydah, could bring on to field 5–600 men as well as 4 French cannons. Another governor commanded 2,000 men while others ...
Note 2: It was technically illegal to import slaves into Georgia from other states from 1788 until the law was repealed in 1856, [3] but there was no law prohibiting the sale of slaves just across the border in the lands of the Cherokee Nation in what became the northwest quadrant of the state after Indian Removal, or across the Savannah River ...
Plantations in Georgia (U.S. state) (2 C, 47 P) Pages in category "History of slavery in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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African slaves imported to Georgia primarily came from Angola, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia. [9] Slaves were also imported from South Carolina and the West Indies. [10] Slaves mostly worked on cotton and rice plantations. [11] [12] By the mid-19th century the majority of white people in Georgia, like most White Southerners, had come to view ...
Although Congress had banned the slave trade in 1808, Georgia's slave population continued to grow with the importation of slaves from the plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Chesapeake Tidewater, increasing from 149,656 in 1820 to 280,944 in 1840. [33] A small population of free blacks developed, mostly working as artisans.
The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many different ethnicities and religious groups. The social, economic, and legal positions of slaves have differed vastly in different systems of slavery in different times and places. [1]