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The Empire State of the South

by: Meyers, Christopher C.

The Empire State of the South

by: Meyers, Christopher C.

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9780881461114
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0881461113
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Copyright: 04/01/2008
Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

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The Empire State of the South: Georgia History in Documents and Essays offers teachers of Georgia history an alternative to the traditional narrative textbook. In this volume, students have the opportunity to read Georgia history rather than reading about Georgia history. Encompassing the entirety of Georgia history into the twenty-first century, The Empire State of the South is suitable for all courses on Georgia history.

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Georgia: The Natural Setting
Colonial Beginnings to 1764	p. 5
Documents
Guale Game and Ceremony	p. 7
Colonial Charter	p. 8
James Oglethorpe Reports on the Settlement of Georgia	p. 10
Oglethorpe's First Treaty with the Lower Creeks	p. 11
James Oglethorpe on English Ownership of Georgia	p. 12
Antonio de Arredondo on Spanish Ownership of Georgia	p. 14
Proposal Relating to the War in Georgia and Florida	p. 15
Pro Memoria from the Late Trustees of the Colony of Georgia	p. 16
Essays
The Yamassee Revolt of 1597	p. 17
Frederica in 1742	p. 20
The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787	p. 26
Documents
Stamp Act Crisis	p. 28
Tondee's Tavern Resolutions	p. 29
Rules and Regulations	p. 31
Constitution of 1777	p. 33
Proposed Union of Georgia and South Carolina	p. 35
Land Grants to Georgia's Revolutionary Soldiers	p. 38
Essays
The British Capture of Savannah	p. 38
Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia	p. 44
Georgia in the New Nation, 1787-1845	p. 48
Documents
Ordinance Ratifying the U.S. Constitution	p. 49
Constitution of 1789	p. 50
Legislative Committee Report on Yazoo Land Fraud	p. 53
Constitution of 1798	p. 54
Governor to Be Chosen by Popular Vote	p. 57
Request for Removal of Federal Troops from Georgia	p. 58
Nullification Resolves	p. 59
Western and Atlantic Railroad Surveys	p. 61
Essays
The Georgia Gold Rush	p. 63
Political Parties in the Jacksonian Era	p. 66
The Native American Nations	p. 72
Documents
Compact of 1802	p. 74
Treaty of Fort Jackson	p. 75
An Address to the Whites by Elias Boudinot	p. 76
Constitution of the Cherokee Nation	p. 78
Cherokee Phoenix	p. 80
Georgia Assumes Control over Cherokee Land	p. 81
Worcester v. State of Georgia	p. 82
Treaty of New Echota	p. 84
Essays
Georgia and Muscogee/Creek Treaties	p. 86
The Cherokee Trail of Tears	p. 89
Antebellum Economics	p. 93
Documents
Southern Cultivator	p. 94
Cultivation of Indigo in Georgia?	p. 95
Georgia's Economic Resources	p. 96
Augusta Plantation House	p. 98
General Agricultural Statistics	p. 99
General Industrial Statistics	p. 100
Agriculture in the Confederate States	p. 100
Essays
Rice Culture in Low Country Georgia	p. 101
Cotton Textiles in Georgia, 1810-1865	p. 104
Slavery and Free African Americans	p. 109
Documents
Law Prohibiting Slavery in Georgia	p. 110
Darien Antislavery Petition, 1739	p. 111
Law Permitting Slavery in Georgia	p. 112
Emancipating Two Georgia Slaves	p. 113
Population of Slaves and Free African Americans, 1790-1860	p. 114
The State of Georgia Becomes a Slave Owner	p. 114
Restrictions on Free Persons of Color	p. 115
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands	p. 116
William and Ellen Craft in Boston	p. 117
Essays
Slavery in Georgia	p. 118
Free African-American Women in Savannah	p. 122
The Civil War Era, 1845-1865	p. 127
Documents
Georgia Platform	p. 130
Robert Toombs on the Sectional Conflict and Secession	p. 131
Alexander H. Stephens on the Sectional Conflict and Secession	p. 132
Ordinance of Secession	p. 134
Alexander H. Stephens's Cornerstone Speech	p. 134
Constitution of 1861	p. 135
Two Views of Class Voting Patterns	p. 138
Indictment of Henry Wirz	p. 140
Essays
The Georgia Homefront during the Civil War	p. 141
Wilson's Raid through Georgia	p. 145
Women in Georgia	p. 150
Documents
Mary Muscrove Bosomworth's Land Acquisition	p. 152
Women's Riots during the Civil War	p. 153
Activities of the Georgia WCTU	p. 154
Farmers Wives and Their Needs	p. 155
An Open Letter for Woman Suffrage	p. 156
Women's Suffrage Bill	p. 157
Rebecca L. Felton's Senate Speech	p. 158
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits and Speaks at Georgia State Woman's College	p. 159
Women to Serve as Jurors	p. 161
Essays
Land Grants to Georgia Women, 1755-1775	p. 162
The Last Phase of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Georgia	p. 166
Reconstruction, 1865-1871	p. 171
Documents
Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15	p. 173
Constitution of 1865	p. 175
Constitution of 1868	p. 177
Black Legislators Protest Their Expulsion from General Assembly	p. 181
Colonel O. H. Howard Reports on the Camilla Massacre	p. 183
Reconstruction Ended in Georgia
John B. Gordon Testifies on the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia	p. 185
Essays
Sherman's Reservation in Georgia	p. 187
Black Politicians in Reconstruction Georgia	p. 190
Postwar Politics and Economics, 1865-1890	p. 194
Documents
Sample Tenant Farmer Contract	p. 196
Crop Lien Law	p. 197
Convict-Lease System Established	p. 198
Henry Grady's "New South"	p. 198
Creation of the Georgia Department of Agriculture	p. 199
Constitution of 1877	p. 201
1880 Resignation-Appointment Controversy	p. 204
General Agricultural Statistics	p. 205
General Industrial Statistics	p. 205
Essays
The New Departure Democrats in Georgia	p. 206
The Farmers' Alliance in Georgia	p. 210
Jim Crow Georgia, 1890-1920	p. 215
Documents
Atlanta Compromise Speech	p. 216
White Primary	p. 218
The Georgia Equal Rights Convention, 1906	p. 218
Atlanta Race Riot	p. 219
Disfranchisement Legislation	p. 221
A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia	p. 222
A Statement from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia	p. 223
Essays
Black Georgia in the Progressive Era	p. 225
The Geography of Lynching in Georgia, 1880-1930	p. 228
The Progressive Era, 1890-1920	p. 235
Documents
Tom Watson Urges a Boycott on Jute	p. 236
Georgia's People's Party Platform in 1892	p. 238
Banning Football in Georgia?	p. 239
Charles Herty Describes His Cup and Gutter System of Turpentine Collection	p. 240
Commutation of Leo Frank's Sentence	p. 241
U.S. v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca Cola	p. 242
Neill Primary Act	p. 244
Essays
The Populist Party in Georgia	p. 245
Governor Hoke Smith's Reform Program	p. 249
Depression and New Deal Era, 1920-1939	p. 254
Documents
Cotton Production during the Flight of the Boll Weevil	p. 256
How to Grow Cotton in Spite of the Boll Weevil	p. 257
Governor Clifford Walker Addresses Ku Klux Klan	p. 258
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Visits to Warm Springs	p. 258
Governor Richard Russell Address to Reorganization Committee	p. 260
"Keeping the Lick" on the Georgia Chain Gang	p. 261
The Three Dollar Tag Song	p. 262
Martial Law Declaration	p. 262
Emergency Appropriations Action	p. 264
New Deal Relief Assistance to Georgia	p. 265
Rural Electrification in Georgia	p. 266
Essays
Georgia Faces the Great Depression	p. 267
Governor Eugene Talmadge vs. President Roosevelt and the New Deal	p. 270
The World War II Era, 1939-1945	p. 275
Documents
Emergency Wartime Measures	p. 276
State University System Controversy	p. 277
A German Prisoner of War Recalls His Time at Camp Fargo	p. 279
State of Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company	p. 281
Constitution of 1945	p. 282
President Roosevelt Dies at Home in Warm Springs	p. 287
Thompson, Lieutenant Governor v. Talmadge	p. 288
Essays
Governor Ellis Arnall's Reform Program	p. 289
WAVES at Georgia State College for Women	p. 293
The Civil Rights Era	p. 296
Documents
Poll Tax Repealed	p. 298
King v. Chapman	p. 299
1949 Literacy Test	p. 300
Valdosta NAACP's Petition to Integrate Schools	p. 301
Interposition Resolution	p. 302
Sibley Commission Report	p. 303
Holmes v. Danner	p. 305
Letter from an Albany Jail	p. 307
Senator Richard Russell on the Civil Rights Act of 1964	p. 309
Essays
The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia	p. 311
The Albany Movement	p. 315
Modern Georgia	p. 321
Documents
Gray v. Sanders	p. 323
Governor Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address	p. 325
Constitution of 1983	p. 326
Atlanta to Host 1996 Olympic Games	p. 330
Governor Zell Miller on the State Flag	p. 332
Georgia Elects Republican Governor in 2002	p. 333
Agricultural Statistics, 2002	p. 334
Manufacturing Statistics, 2002	p. 334
Georgia and BRAC 2005	p. 335
Essays
Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966	p. 336
Governor Zell Miller, the Lottery, and HOPE	p. 340
Appendices
Population of Georgia	p. 347
Governors of Georgia	p. 348
Counties in Order of Creation	p. 351
State Symbols	p. 354
Index	p. 355
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The Empire State of the South

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