The mayor of Macon, Georgia issued a health warning at the suggestion of the Board of Health about the dangers of stagnant water. The proclamation details the danger of leaving water to lay stagnant on one's property because of the risk of mosquito born diseases like yellow Fever and malaria. The mayor states that the city has gone to considerable expense to remove stagnant water from public lands,...
The Methodist Episcopal Church was founded by John Wesley in 1784, during which time it was opposed to slavery. Later in the 19th century the church weakened its position on slavery, although clergy were still expected not to own slaves. It was only when a southern bishop marries a woman who owned slaves, thus becoming a slave owner himself, that conflict arouse. During a general conference in 1844,...
In 1848, Ellen Craft transcended racial, gender, and intellectual hurdles, in order to escape slavery in Macon, Georgia and experience freedom in Boston, Massachusetts. Craft’s physical appearance aided her and her husband in their escape because “notwithstanding my wife being of African extraction on her mother’s side, she is almost white.” On December 21, Craft donned the disguise of a...