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BALDWIN, Georgia in the 1820s: 1 through 5 of 5

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  1. William A. Betton Reported Slave Runaway and Posted Reward
    date June 6, 1820map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Slavery

    As was common during the early nineteenth century, a Milledgeville slaveholder ran a public notice when one of his slaves escaped from his plantation by the Wateree River on May 18, 1820. The slave, Davy, was described in the Southern Recorder as a 25-30 year old man, about 5'10' tall, with a “well made, round face, with tolerable large whiskers.' Betton, the owner, surmised that Davy ran for...

  2. The Runaway Slave and His Broken Family
    date June 20, 1820map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Slavery

    John W. Bridges of Wilcox County, Alabama, desperately penned a letter to the Southern Recorder, the Columbian Telescope, the Carolina Observer, and the Georgia Advertiser on May 27, 1820, looking for a runaway slave by the name of Aaron. A few weeks prior to the publication of this letter, Aaron, a stout well-fed Negro man of 30 years standing around 5'10 had escaped from the John Bridges' plantation...

  3. Creek Attack
    date May 25, 1825map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Native-Americans, War

    In late April 1825, with the murder of William McIntosh and his brother Samuel Hawkins fresh on his mind, Benjamin Hawkins carefully rode his horses back towards his hometown of Montgomery, Georgia, in the fear of suffering a similar fate on his brother. Suddenly, he came upon a party of twenty Creek Indians within ten short steps of their horses. Frightened, a cousin of Hawkins? abruptly fired a...

  4. Affairs of the Creek Indians
    date June 21, 1825map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Native-Americans, Race-Relations, War

    Few men had the leadership skills of General William McIntosh. His illustrious military career included leading the Creeks against the British in the War of 1812, defeating the Upper Creek Indians against their Lower Creek foes in the Creek Civil War, and heading a national police force to continue the fight against the Upper Creeks. Yet, these military conquests also created many enemies, especially...

  5. Fine for teaching African American to read is raised to 500 in Georgia
    date December 22, 1829map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Education, Slavery

    In 1829, the fine for teaching an African-American (slave or free) was raised to the exorbitant sum of 500. This figure was far higher than in many other states (for example: 100-200 in North Carolina). This law applied to slave and free blacks. Even a father could be fined for teaching his own child to read. This law was influenced by the appearance of David Walker's Appeals to the Colored Citizens...