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BALDWIN, Georgia in the 1860s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Article Announcing the Hanging of a Chaplain
    date April 26, 1864map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence

    This 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...

  2. President of The National Bank of Atlanta investigates Georgia's gold specimens
    date March 13, 1867 to April 16, 1867map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism, War

    During 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...

  3. Bold Burglary Blamed on Blacks
    date July 14, 1868map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Education, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On 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,...

  4. Planters Miss Black Labor
    date February 1, 1869map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations

    For 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...