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Preface
Introduction 1
Georgia: The Natural Setting Max E. White
Colonial Beginnings to 1764 5
Documents
Guale Game and Ceremony 7
Colonial Charter 8
James Oglethorpe Reports on the Settlement of Georgia 10
Oglethorpe's First Treaty with the Lower Creeks 11
James Oglethorpe on English Ownership of Georgia 12
Antonio de Arredondo on Spanish Ownership of Georgia 14
Proposal Relating to the War in Georgia and Florida 15
Pro Memoria from the Late Trustees of the Colony of Georgia 16
Essays
The Yamassee Revolt of 1597 J. G. Johnson 17
Frederica in 1742 J. T. Scott 20
The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 26
Documents
Stamp Act Crisis 28
Tondee's Tavern Resolutions 29
Rules and Regulations 31
Constitution of 1777 33
Proposed Union of Georgia and South Carolina 35
Land Grants to Georgia's Revolutionary Soldiers 38
Essays
The British Capture of Savannah David K. Wilson 38
Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia Leslie Hall 44
Georgiain the New Nation, 1787-1845 48
Documents
Ordinance Ratifying the U.S. Constitution 49
Constitution of 1789 50
Legislative Committee Report on Yazoo Land Fraud 53
Constitution of 1798 54
Governor to Be Chosen by Popular Vote 57
Request for Removal of Federal Troops from Georgia 58
Nullification Resolves 59
Western and Atlantic Railroad Surveys 61
Essays
The Georgia Gold Rush David Williams 63
Political Parties in the Jacksonian Era Anthony G. Carey 66
The Native American Nations 72
Documents
Compact of 1802 74
Treaty of Fort Jackson 75
An Address to the Whites by Elias Boudinot 76
Constitution of the Cherokee Nation 78
Cherokee Phoenix 80
Georgia Assumes Control over Cherokee Land 81
Worcester v. State of Georgia 82
Treaty of New Echota 84
Essays
Georgia and Muscogee/Creek Treaties Grace M. Schwartzman Susan K. Barnard 86
The Cherokee Trail of Tears Ronald N. Satz 89
Antebellum Economics 93
Documents
Southern Cultivator 94
Cultivation of Indigo in Georgia? 95
Georgia's Economic Resources 96
Augusta Plantation House 98
General Agricultural Statistics 99
General Industrial Statistics 100
Agriculture in the Confederate States 100
Essays
Rice Culture in Low Country Georgia Julia Floyd Smith 101
Cotton Textiles in Georgia, 1810-1865 Richard W. Griffin 104
Slavery and Free African Americans 109
Documents
Law Prohibiting Slavery in Georgia 110
Darien Antislavery Petition, 1739 111
Law Permitting Slavery in Georgia 112
Emancipating Two Georgia Slaves 113
Population of Slaves and Free African Americans, 1790-1860 114
The State of Georgia Becomes a Slave Owner 114
Restrictions on Free Persons of Color 115
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands 116
William and Ellen Craft in Boston 117
Essays
Slavery in Georgia Betty Wood 118
Free African-American Women in Savannah Whittington B. Johnson 122
The Civil War Era, 1845-1865 127
Documents
Georgia Platform 130
Robert Toombs on the Sectional Conflict and Secession 131
Alexander H. Stephens on the Sectional Conflict and Secession 132
Ordinance of Secession 134
Alexander H. Stephens's Cornerstone Speech 134
Constitution of 1861 135
Two Views of Class Voting Patterns 138
Indictment of Henry Wirz 140
Essays
The Georgia Homefront during the Civil War David Williams 141
Wilson's Raid through Georgia James P. Jones 145
Women in Georgia 150
Documents
Mary Muscrove Bosomworth's Land Acquisition 152
Women's Riots during the Civil War 153
Activities of the Georgia WCTU 154
Farmers Wives and Their Needs 155
An Open Letter for Woman Suffrage 156
Women's Suffrage Bill 157
Rebecca L. Felton's Senate Speech 158
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits and Speaks at Georgia State Woman's College 159
Women to Serve as Jurors 161
Essays
Land Grants to Georgia Women, 1755-1775 Lee Ann Caldwell Swann 162
The Last Phase of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Georgia A. Elizabeth Taylor 166
Reconstruction, 1865-1871 171
Documents
Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 173
Constitution of 1865 175
Constitution of 1868 177
Black Legislators Protest Their Expulsion from General Assembly 181
Colonel O. H. Howard Reports on the Camilla Massacre 183
Reconstruction Ended in Georgia
John B. Gordon Testifies on the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia 185
Essays
Sherman's Reservation in Georgia Paul A. Cimbala 187
Black Politicians in Reconstruction Georgia Edmund L. Drago 190
Postwar Politics and Economics, 1865-1890 194
Documents
Sample Tenant Farmer Contract 196
Crop Lien Law 197
Convict-Lease System Established 198
Henry Grady's "New South" 198
Creation of the Georgia Department of Agriculture 199
Constitution of 1877 201
1880 Resignation-Appointment Controversy 204
General Agricultural Statistics 205
General Industrial Statistics 205
Essays
The New Departure Democrats in Georgia Judson Clements Ward, Jr. 206
The Farmers' Alliance in Georgia William F. Holmes 210
Jim Crow Georgia, 1890-1920 215
Documents
Atlanta Compromise Speech 216
White Primary 218
The Georgia Equal Rights Convention, 1906 218
Atlanta Race Riot 219
Disfranchisement Legislation 221
A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia 222
A Statement from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia 223
Essays
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era John Dittmer 225
The Geography of Lynching in Georgia, 1880-1930 W. Fitzhugh Brundage 228
The Progressive Era, 1890-1920 235
Documents
Tom Watson Urges a Boycott on Jute 236
Georgia's People's Party Platform in 1892 238
Banning Football in Georgia? 239
Charles Herty Describes His Cup and Gutter System of Turpentine Collection 240
Commutation of Leo Frank's Sentence 241
U.S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola 242
Neill Primary Act 244
Essays
The Populist Party in Georgia Barton C. Shaw 245
Governor Hoke Smith's Reform Program Dewey W. Grantham, Jr. 249
Depression and New Deal Era, 1920-1939 254
Documents
Cotton Production during the Flight of the Boll Weevil 256
How to Grow Cotton in Spite of the Boll Weevil 257
Governor Clifford Walker Addresses Ku Klux Klan 258
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Visits to Warm Springs 258
Governor Richard Russell Address to Reorganization Committee 260
"Keeping the Lick" on the Georgia Chain Gang 261
The Three Dollar Tag Song 262
Martial Law Declaration 262
Emergency Appropriations Action 264
New Deal Relief Assistance to Georgia 265
Rural Electrification in Georgia 266
Essays
Georgia Faces the Great Depression Michael S. Holmes 267
Governor Eugene Talmadge vs. President Roosevelt and the New Deal William Anderson 270
The World War II Era, 1939-1945 275
Documents
Emergency Wartime Measures 276
State University System Controversy 277
A German Prisoner of War Recalls His Time at Camp Fargo 279
State of Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company 281
Constitution of 1945 282
President Roosevelt Dies at Home in Warm Springs 287
Thompson, Lieutenant Governor v. Talmadge 288
Essays
Governor Ellis Arnall's Reform Program Harold Paulk Henderson 289
WAVES at Georgia State College for Women Lisa A. Ennis 293
The Civil Rights Era 296
Documents
Poll Tax Repealed 298
King v. Chapman 299
1949 Literacy Test 300
Valdosta NAACP's Petition to Integrate Schools 301
Interposition Resolution 302
Sibley Commission Report 303
Holmes v. Danner 305
Letter from an Albany Jail 307
Senator Richard Russell on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 309
Essays
The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia Stephen G. N. Tuck 311
The Albany Movement Clayborne Carson 315
Modern Georgia 321
Documents
Gray v. Sanders 323
Governor Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address 325
Constitution of 1983 326
Atlanta to Host 1996 Olympic Games 330
Governor Zell Miller on the State Flag 332
Georgia Elects Republican Governor in 2002 333
Agricultural Statistics, 2002 334
Manufacturing Statistics, 2002 334
Georgia and BRAC 2005 335
Essays
Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966 Billy B. Hathorn 336
Governor Zell Miller, the Lottery, and HOPE Richard Hyatt 340
Appendices
Population of Georgia 347
Governors of Georgia 348
Counties in Order of Creation 351
State Symbols 354
Index 355
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The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays
by Christopher C Meyer
Christopher C Meyer
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780881461114
- Pub. Date:
- 10/03/2022
- Publisher:
- Mercer University Press
- ISBN-10:
- 0881461113
- ISBN-13:
- 9780881461114
- Pub. Date:
- 10/03/2022
- Publisher:
- Mercer University Press
The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays
by Christopher C Meyer
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The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays offers teachers of Georgia history an alternative to the traditional narrative textbook. In this volume, students have the opportunity to read Georgia history rather than reading about Georgia history. Encompassing the entirety of Georgia history into the twenty-first century, The Empire State of the South is suitable for all courses on Georgia history. This text is divided into 16 chapters comprising 129 documents and 33 essays on various topics of Georgia history. The primary documents represent a wide range of genres, including speeches, newspaper columns, letters, treaties, laws, proclamations, state constitutions, court decisions, and many others. Some documents outline general themes or movements in Georgia history while others address more narrow issues. The thirty-three essays are excerpts from larger pieces that were written by specialists in Georgia history. Each chapter consists of several parts. First is a short narrative introduction. The second part contains the documents themselves. Following the documents are two essays written by historians regarding some topic relevant to the chapter. At the end of each chapter is a short list of suggested readings. The documents themselves range from the usual: state constitutions, laws, and speeches, to the inordinate: plans for constructing what is regarded as the state's first concrete home, a corny campaign song for Eugene Talmadge, an attempt by the General Assembly in 1897 to ban the playing of football, and a 1962 letter Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote from an Albany prison that preceded his more well-known Birmingham letter. Georgia has indeed had a colorful history and The Empire State of the South tells that story.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780881461114 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Mercer University Press |
| Publication date: | 10/03/2022 |
| Pages: | 398 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Christopher C. Meyers is a professor of history at Valdosta State University where he teaches Georgia history, US political history, and U.S. military history. His previous books include The Empire State of the South and Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction 1
Georgia: The Natural Setting Max E. White
Colonial Beginnings to 1764 5
Documents
Guale Game and Ceremony 7
Colonial Charter 8
James Oglethorpe Reports on the Settlement of Georgia 10
Oglethorpe's First Treaty with the Lower Creeks 11
James Oglethorpe on English Ownership of Georgia 12
Antonio de Arredondo on Spanish Ownership of Georgia 14
Proposal Relating to the War in Georgia and Florida 15
Pro Memoria from the Late Trustees of the Colony of Georgia 16
Essays
The Yamassee Revolt of 1597 J. G. Johnson 17
Frederica in 1742 J. T. Scott 20
The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 26
Documents
Stamp Act Crisis 28
Tondee's Tavern Resolutions 29
Rules and Regulations 31
Constitution of 1777 33
Proposed Union of Georgia and South Carolina 35
Land Grants to Georgia's Revolutionary Soldiers 38
Essays
The British Capture of Savannah David K. Wilson 38
Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia Leslie Hall 44
Georgiain the New Nation, 1787-1845 48
Documents
Ordinance Ratifying the U.S. Constitution 49
Constitution of 1789 50
Legislative Committee Report on Yazoo Land Fraud 53
Constitution of 1798 54
Governor to Be Chosen by Popular Vote 57
Request for Removal of Federal Troops from Georgia 58
Nullification Resolves 59
Western and Atlantic Railroad Surveys 61
Essays
The Georgia Gold Rush David Williams 63
Political Parties in the Jacksonian Era Anthony G. Carey 66
The Native American Nations 72
Documents
Compact of 1802 74
Treaty of Fort Jackson 75
An Address to the Whites by Elias Boudinot 76
Constitution of the Cherokee Nation 78
Cherokee Phoenix 80
Georgia Assumes Control over Cherokee Land 81
Worcester v. State of Georgia 82
Treaty of New Echota 84
Essays
Georgia and Muscogee/Creek Treaties Grace M. Schwartzman Susan K. Barnard 86
The Cherokee Trail of Tears Ronald N. Satz 89
Antebellum Economics 93
Documents
Southern Cultivator 94
Cultivation of Indigo in Georgia? 95
Georgia's Economic Resources 96
Augusta Plantation House 98
General Agricultural Statistics 99
General Industrial Statistics 100
Agriculture in the Confederate States 100
Essays
Rice Culture in Low Country Georgia Julia Floyd Smith 101
Cotton Textiles in Georgia, 1810-1865 Richard W. Griffin 104
Slavery and Free African Americans 109
Documents
Law Prohibiting Slavery in Georgia 110
Darien Antislavery Petition, 1739 111
Law Permitting Slavery in Georgia 112
Emancipating Two Georgia Slaves 113
Population of Slaves and Free African Americans, 1790-1860 114
The State of Georgia Becomes a Slave Owner 114
Restrictions on Free Persons of Color 115
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands 116
William and Ellen Craft in Boston 117
Essays
Slavery in Georgia Betty Wood 118
Free African-American Women in Savannah Whittington B. Johnson 122
The Civil War Era, 1845-1865 127
Documents
Georgia Platform 130
Robert Toombs on the Sectional Conflict and Secession 131
Alexander H. Stephens on the Sectional Conflict and Secession 132
Ordinance of Secession 134
Alexander H. Stephens's Cornerstone Speech 134
Constitution of 1861 135
Two Views of Class Voting Patterns 138
Indictment of Henry Wirz 140
Essays
The Georgia Homefront during the Civil War David Williams 141
Wilson's Raid through Georgia James P. Jones 145
Women in Georgia 150
Documents
Mary Muscrove Bosomworth's Land Acquisition 152
Women's Riots during the Civil War 153
Activities of the Georgia WCTU 154
Farmers Wives and Their Needs 155
An Open Letter for Woman Suffrage 156
Women's Suffrage Bill 157
Rebecca L. Felton's Senate Speech 158
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits and Speaks at Georgia State Woman's College 159
Women to Serve as Jurors 161
Essays
Land Grants to Georgia Women, 1755-1775 Lee Ann Caldwell Swann 162
The Last Phase of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Georgia A. Elizabeth Taylor 166
Reconstruction, 1865-1871 171
Documents
Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 173
Constitution of 1865 175
Constitution of 1868 177
Black Legislators Protest Their Expulsion from General Assembly 181
Colonel O. H. Howard Reports on the Camilla Massacre 183
Reconstruction Ended in Georgia
John B. Gordon Testifies on the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia 185
Essays
Sherman's Reservation in Georgia Paul A. Cimbala 187
Black Politicians in Reconstruction Georgia Edmund L. Drago 190
Postwar Politics and Economics, 1865-1890 194
Documents
Sample Tenant Farmer Contract 196
Crop Lien Law 197
Convict-Lease System Established 198
Henry Grady's "New South" 198
Creation of the Georgia Department of Agriculture 199
Constitution of 1877 201
1880 Resignation-Appointment Controversy 204
General Agricultural Statistics 205
General Industrial Statistics 205
Essays
The New Departure Democrats in Georgia Judson Clements Ward, Jr. 206
The Farmers' Alliance in Georgia William F. Holmes 210
Jim Crow Georgia, 1890-1920 215
Documents
Atlanta Compromise Speech 216
White Primary 218
The Georgia Equal Rights Convention, 1906 218
Atlanta Race Riot 219
Disfranchisement Legislation 221
A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia 222
A Statement from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia 223
Essays
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era John Dittmer 225
The Geography of Lynching in Georgia, 1880-1930 W. Fitzhugh Brundage 228
The Progressive Era, 1890-1920 235
Documents
Tom Watson Urges a Boycott on Jute 236
Georgia's People's Party Platform in 1892 238
Banning Football in Georgia? 239
Charles Herty Describes His Cup and Gutter System of Turpentine Collection 240
Commutation of Leo Frank's Sentence 241
U.S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola 242
Neill Primary Act 244
Essays
The Populist Party in Georgia Barton C. Shaw 245
Governor Hoke Smith's Reform Program Dewey W. Grantham, Jr. 249
Depression and New Deal Era, 1920-1939 254
Documents
Cotton Production during the Flight of the Boll Weevil 256
How to Grow Cotton in Spite of the Boll Weevil 257
Governor Clifford Walker Addresses Ku Klux Klan 258
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Visits to Warm Springs 258
Governor Richard Russell Address to Reorganization Committee 260
"Keeping the Lick" on the Georgia Chain Gang 261
The Three Dollar Tag Song 262
Martial Law Declaration 262
Emergency Appropriations Action 264
New Deal Relief Assistance to Georgia 265
Rural Electrification in Georgia 266
Essays
Georgia Faces the Great Depression Michael S. Holmes 267
Governor Eugene Talmadge vs. President Roosevelt and the New Deal William Anderson 270
The World War II Era, 1939-1945 275
Documents
Emergency Wartime Measures 276
State University System Controversy 277
A German Prisoner of War Recalls His Time at Camp Fargo 279
State of Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company 281
Constitution of 1945 282
President Roosevelt Dies at Home in Warm Springs 287
Thompson, Lieutenant Governor v. Talmadge 288
Essays
Governor Ellis Arnall's Reform Program Harold Paulk Henderson 289
WAVES at Georgia State College for Women Lisa A. Ennis 293
The Civil Rights Era 296
Documents
Poll Tax Repealed 298
King v. Chapman 299
1949 Literacy Test 300
Valdosta NAACP's Petition to Integrate Schools 301
Interposition Resolution 302
Sibley Commission Report 303
Holmes v. Danner 305
Letter from an Albany Jail 307
Senator Richard Russell on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 309
Essays
The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia Stephen G. N. Tuck 311
The Albany Movement Clayborne Carson 315
Modern Georgia 321
Documents
Gray v. Sanders 323
Governor Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address 325
Constitution of 1983 326
Atlanta to Host 1996 Olympic Games 330
Governor Zell Miller on the State Flag 332
Georgia Elects Republican Governor in 2002 333
Agricultural Statistics, 2002 334
Manufacturing Statistics, 2002 334
Georgia and BRAC 2005 335
Essays
Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966 Billy B. Hathorn 336
Governor Zell Miller, the Lottery, and HOPE Richard Hyatt 340
Appendices
Population of Georgia 347
Governors of Georgia 348
Counties in Order of Creation 351
State Symbols 354
Index 355
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