BALDWIN, Georgia in the 1860s: 1 through 4 of 4
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April 26, 1864
BALDWIN, Georgia
Crime/ViolenceThis article, which was printed on April 26, 1864, describes the hanging of Rev. Jas Findlay for corresponding secretly with the Union. Although the article does not give the specific day or time that the hanging took place, it says that the location was in Tunnell Hill (Whitfield County), Georgia. The Vice President of the Confederacy, Alexander Stephens, stated that no such monsters' should...
March 13, 1867 to April 16, 1867
BALDWIN, Georgia
Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism, WarDuring March and April, 1867, John Rice, the President of the National Bank of Atlanta arrived in the Cherokee Gold Belt of Georgia to investigate the quality of recently mined minerals. He declared the beauty and high value of the gold and quartz specimen qualities. Rice's arrival in the Gold Belt reflected the rapidly growing interest in the mining of minerals in Georgia. Many had declared Georgia...
July 14, 1868
BALDWIN, Georgia
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Education, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/BoosterismOn the evening of July 9, 1868, the bustling town of Milledgeville, capitol of Georgia, witnessed a daring burglary. Casting subtlety aside, thieves approached Stetson & Brother's Store, drilled a hole through a window shutter, lifted the door's latch, and walked in through the front doors. Dragging the safe (so-called) from the backroom into the common area, the burglars forced it open, stole 500,...
February 1, 1869
BALDWIN, Georgia
African-Americans, Agriculture, Economy, Race-RelationsFor the white plantation owners of the South, labor had always been a problem. Cotton-picking was back-breaking work. Always in the past, though, slaves had worked the long hours in the sweltering heat. Slavery ended, but the demand for labor did not. Suddenly the planters had the job of enticing labor that had been so simple, if expensive, to secure just years earlier. They began to question just...
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