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BIBB, Georgia in the 1830s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The Indian Bills
    date June 12, 1830map BIBB, Georgiatags Government, Law, Politics, Native-Americans

    On June 12, 1830, the editor of the Macon Telegraph finally snapped. Under massive pressure from their northern brethren on the Indian Bills, the Telegraph vehemently defended the territorial rights of the state of Georgia. The newspaper viewed the Indian Bills as a simple issue of property rights, not one of Indian removal and southern supremacy. According to their interpretation, Georgia had adequately...

  2. Robbery by Spaniards
    date April 22, 1831map BIBB, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Native-Americans

    Ten years after the acquisition of Florida from Spain, Mr. Munroe, his wife, and a guide rode horseback on a secluded road near Matanzas, Georgia, a few short miles from the Florida border. Although most cross border violence subsided in the decade that passed since Florida joined the United States, the Munroes would not be so lucky on this April night. As they traveled down the road, two armed Spaniards...

  3. Female Education
    date July 6, 1835map BIBB, Georgiatags Education, Women

    On July 6, 1835, the Georgia Telegraph published an editorial from the June edition of the Knickerbocker in regards to the brooding controversy about whether or not women should be educated. After heartily endorsing the editorial, the Telegraph ran the entirety of the article. The Knickerbocker began by reviewing the failure of male education and, thus, the necessity of educating females. Because...