Plantation Slavery in Georgia
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Plantation Slavery in Georgia

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Plantation Slavery in Georgia

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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 War. The book was awarded the Mrs. Simon Baruch University prize of 1931, given under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
"Mr. Flanders sets a good example for future historians in other commonwealths by his book on Georgia."—C. McD. Puckette, The New York Times Book Review

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

SOURCES—MANUSCRIPT

A. PUBLIC RECORDS

1. State Archives (Atlanta, Georgia).
Records of the Government in Georgia. The volumes are as follows:
A. Record of Wills, 3754 to 1770.
B. Record of Wills, 1771 to 1779.
F. Inventory of appraisement, 1755 to 1770.
FF. Inventory of appraisement, 1776 and 1777.
D. Inventory of appraisement, 1777 and 1778.
I. Bonds, bills of sale, deeds of gift, and powers of attorney, 1755 to 1762.
O. Bills of sale, deeds of gift, 1761 to 1765.
R. Bonds, bills of sale, deeds of gift, and powers of attorney, 1765 to 1772.
Deeds, bonds, bills of sale, mortgages, leases, wills, and powers of attorney, recorded in the secretary’s office of the State of Georgia, August 25, 1780, to December 13, 1781.
Y. Bills of sale and deeds of gift, 1772 to 1775.
Minutes of the Executive Department, 1793 to 1865. Several volumes.
Record of the drawing in the Gold Lottery, commenced January 11, 1833.
Miscellaneous tax digests by counties.
County Censuses: State Census Chatham County, 1845; Federal Census, Chatham County, n.d.; State Census of DeKalb County, 1840; State Census Laurens County, 1838; State Census Newton County, 1838; Federal Census Irwin County, 1860; Federal Census Terrell County, 1860.
2. Local Archives.
The records of Baldwin County (Milledgeville).
Annual Returns of administrators, 1809 to 1865.
Record of sales, and inventories of estates, 1808-65.
Record of Wills, 1806 to 1860.
Minutes of the Inferior Court of Baldwin County, 1808 to 1868.
Inferior Court, “Criminal docket A,” being the “Record of the proceedings of the inferior court of Baldwin County on the trials of slaves charged with capital offences,” 1812 to 1832.
Tax Digests for Baldwin County, 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1831, 1836, 1840, 1842, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1862. Two, n. d.
The Records of Bibb County (Macon).
Annual Returns of administrators, 1823 to 1867.
Inventories and appraisements of estates, 1823 to 1867.
Records of Wills, 1823 to 1867.
Minutes of the Inferior Court of Bibb County, 1823 to 1865.
Minutes of the Superior Court of Bibb County, 1823 to 18...

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. DEDICATION
  4. PREFACE
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. I-“THE ONE THING NEEDFUL”
  7. II-THE SLAVE AND COLONIAL LAW
  8. III-SLAVEHOLDING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  9. IV-THE EXPANSION OF THE SLAVE REGIME
  10. V-TYPES OF PLANTATIONS
  11. VI-PLANTATION MANAGEMENT: ECONOMIC
  12. VII-PLANTATION MANAGEMENT: SOCIAL
  13. VIII-THE ACQUISITION AND HIRE OF SLAVES
  14. IX-THE ECONOMICS OF THE PLANTATION
  15. X-THE SLAVE BEFORE THE LAW
  16. XI-CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
  17. XII-THE PLANTERS’ DEFENSE OF SLAVERY
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY