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At the beginning of Reconstruction, Georgia had over 460,000 freedmen. [1] In January 1865, in Savannah, William T. Sherman issued Special Field Orders, No. 15, authorizing federal authorities to confiscate abandoned plantation lands in the Sea Islands, whose owners had fled with the advance of his army, and redistribute them to former slaves.
It is on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The "Expelled Because of Their Color" monument is located near the Capitol Avenue entrance of the Georgia State Capitol. It was dedicated to the 33 original African-American Georgia legislators who were elected during the Reconstruction period.
Reconstruction In Georgia: Economic, Social, Political 1865–1872 (19i5; 2010 reprint) excerpt and text search; full text online free; Thompson, C. Mildred. Reconstruction in Georgia: Economic, Social, Political 1865–1872 (19i5; 2010 reprint) excerpt and text search; full text online free; Thompson, William Y. Robert Toombs of Georgia. LSU ...
Georgia complied, and on February 24, 1871, its senators were seated in Congress, with all the former Confederate states represented. [165] Southern Reconstructed states were controlled by Republicans and former slaves. Eight years later, in 1877, the Democratic Party had full control of the region and Reconstruction was dead. [166]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Atlanta, ... Reconstruction; ... Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city. [7]
Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 2, 1788. [1] Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain . It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, [ 2 ] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [ 3 ]
After the War, Augusta and Georgia were both under martial law during the period known as Reconstruction. During this time, African American civil rights were expanded. [7] Following the end of Reconstruction, the European American majority population of Georgia and other Southern U.S. states enacted Jim Crow laws to limit the rights of African ...
In the election of 1868 under the "Reconstruction Constitution", roughly 1,200 of Greene County's 1,500 eligible black voters turned out to help elect two Republicans to the House. [3] They were Colby and a former Confederate Major, moderate republican Robert McWhorter , who went on to serve as Speaker of the House.