Episodes Located: GLYNN, Georgia in the 1850's

  1. 409 Slaves from Africa arrive in Georgia
    date 1858map GLYNN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    In 1798, Georgia banned involvement in the Atlantic Slave trade, followed a decade later by a nationwide ban. The Constitution had required the ban when signed, and Congress put it into effect on January 1, 1808. As the Hon. Joshua Giddings announced in a speech to the House of Representatives, “the United States;pronounced the African slave trade to be piracy, and those who followed that...