Ten thousand dollar bond signed on January 13, 1873 by Georgia Secretary of State, Nathan Crawford Barnett binding himself to the Reconstruction Governor of Georgia..... Read More about 1873 Bond Signed by Georgia Reconstruction Governor James M. Smith for Nathan C. Barnett, Georgia...
Stearns was a Massachusetts abolitionist who spent six years in “Bleeding Kansas.” After the war he became a teacher, missionary, and plantation owner in Columbia..... Read More about The Black Man of the South, and the Rebels; or, the Characteristics of the Former, and the Recent...
At the 1912 Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party Convention a controversy arose over Southern black delegates. While the convention allowed black delegates from Northern States..... Read More about The Negro Question. Attitude of the Progressive Party Toward the Colored Race. Colonel...
From the dust jacket: the author, “expertly blended the Springfield Church History with events which shaped Augusta’s history…” (Searles). “As a quiet trail blazer on..... Read More about Old Springfield. Race and Religion in Augusta, Georgia
Pierce Butler was a Georgia-born Philadelphian whose marriage to British actress Fanny Kemble was in discord as his ownership of Southern slaves clashed with her..... Read More about Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
![Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving...](/pictures/thumb/3726520_1.jpg?v=1534362400)
Signed 18th century circular letter and price list from Frederick and Everhard Delius, merchants of Bremen. The firm imported food goods and other commodities from..... Read More about Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton etc., Import/Export Trade with America:] Bremen 10, Dec. 1800. Craving...
Henry E. Tremain was awarded a Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864. Through error, two brigades..... Read More about 1904 Autograph Letter Signed by Henry E. Tremain, Georgian Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for...
Quite scarce. Compilation of addresses on contemporary economic, political, educational, and social issues affecting African Americans. These 17 talks were delivered at the second Southern..... Read More about The Human Way. Addresses on Race Problems at the Southern Sociological Congress Atlanta, 1913
Georgia Governor Bullock had only been in office four days when he received this request for a judicial appointment. The first page is a brief..... Read More about 1868 Self-Recommendation to Georgia Governor Rufus B. Bullock regarding appointment as 19th...
The New Georgia Encyclopedia describes John Milledge (1757–1818) “as one of the most important political figures in Georgia during the Revolutionary War (1775–83) and early..... Read More about 1806 Autograph Letter Signed from John Milledge former Governor of Georgia to Charles Harris, in...
![Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8. Nina Charlton,...](/pictures/thumb/3728083_1.jpg?v=1543437610)
Charming commencement issue from this African American college in Atlanta, Georgia, the oldest private historically black liberal arts college for women. Though not a yearbook..... Read More about Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8
An examination of the “foundation of slavery in Georgia, to trace the development and operation of the plantation régime to the outbreak of the Civil..... Read More about Plantation Slavery In Georgia
South Carolina Representative Albert Smalls (1839–1915) faced brutal opposition during the election year of 1876. On July 4th, in the all-black community of Hamburgh (Hamburg)..... Read More about A Centennial Fourth of July Democratic Celebration. The Massacre of Six Colored Citizens of the...
Two letters from William Robertson (1749/50–1829) to Georgia Governor James Jackson requesting, in both instances, a leave of absence from his official duties. In full..... Read More about Two 1798 Autograph Letters Signed from William Robertson, Georgia Secretary to the Senate, to...
Here, Coleman presents Governor David Emanuel with Virginia’s most recently-enacted laws. The letter is docketed, in part, “Exchange of Laws” and reads, in full: Richmond..... Read More about 1801 Autograph Letter Signed from Samuel Coleman, Virginia clerk, to Georgia Governor David...
Rare fold-out pocket time table providing the schedule of trains, to and from Savannah, Gainesville, Chattahoochee and Albany; and also trains between Savannah and Jacksonville..... Read More about Official Pocket Time Table of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway. Showing Arrangement of...
![African Americans in Georgia] Grand Opening! State Teachers’ Ass’n Held at Cotton Avenue...](/pictures/thumb/3726620_1.jpg?v=1534362429)
A rare unrecorded program announcing the grand opening of the State Teachers’ Association at the A.M.E. Church on Cotton Avenue in Macon, Georgia in 1892..... Read More about African Americans in Georgia] Grand Opening! State Teachers’ Ass’n Held at Cotton Avenue...
![Georgia - Women’s Clubs - Music:] The Orpheus Club [Six Programs](/pictures/thumb/3726512_1.jpg?v=1534362398)
The Orpheus Club of Columbus, Georgia was founded by Mary Unity Kivlin (1850–1906) in 1895. “[A]n accomplished pianist, organist and music teacher for 30 years..... Read More about Georgia - Women’s Clubs - Music:] The Orpheus Club [Six Programs
![In Manuscript, Printed Circular Letter:] Macon, Georgia, 9th August, 1832. Gentlemen, The...](/pictures/thumb/145341_1.jpg?v=1534362277)
This August 1832 Macon, Georgia circular letter calls on the legislature of Georgia to threaten to nullify or resist protective tariff laws of the United..... Read More about In Manuscript, Printed Circular Letter:] Macon, Georgia, 9th August, 1832. Gentlemen, The...
One of a series of studies of “so-called Negro problems” co-edited by African-American sociologist and academic W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) and his student, Augustus Granville..... Read More about The Negro American Artisan
One of a series of academic studies of African Americans published by Atlanta University and edited by African-American sociologist and academic, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)..... Read More about Economic Co-Operation among Negro Americans
One of a series of academic studies of African Americans published by Atlanta University and edited by African-American sociologist and academic, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)..... Read More about Efforts for Social Social Betterment among Negro Americans
![Phylon, The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture [Volumes I and II]. W E. B. Du Bois,...](/pictures/thumb/3728830_1.jpg?v=1572374121)
First two volumes—eight issues in all—of Phylon, a quarterly academic journal dedicated to issues of race and culture from an African American perspective, edited by..... Read More about Phylon, The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture [Volumes I and II
Jenkins: “Over 800 pages of testimony, correspondence, and reports taken from southern Unionists, Freedman’s Bureau officials, carpetbaggers and Federal soldiers (including a long series of..... Read More about Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session Thirty-Ninth Congress
