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Although originally banned from the colony upon the insistence of Oglethorpe, the slave population exceeded the free population in Savannah by the end of the 18th century (5,146 free and 8,201 slave in 1800). Little is known about the slave population of Savannah beyond what can be read in census information: between 1810 and 1830, there was a ...
The 1909 Savannah axe murders was a triple homicide that occurred at 401 West Perry Street in the downtown district of Savannah, Georgia, in December 1909. [1] Though the public initially confronted the city's African-American community with the crime, the dying third victim, Maggie Hunter, stated that her estranged husband had attacked her. J ...
The Sorrel–Weed House, or the Francis Sorrel House, is a historic landmark and Savannah Museum located at 6 West Harris Street in Savannah, Georgia. It represents one of the finest examples of Greek Revival and Regency architecture in Savannah and was one of the first two homes in the State of Georgia to be made a State Landmark in 1954. At ...
Savannah, Georgia. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. Walter J. Fraser Jr., Savannah in the Old South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003). Research Library & Municipal Archives (2006), "Century of History: Savannah City Hall Centennial, 1906-2006 (timeline)", Historical Documents & Research, City of Savannah
More than 400 Americans of African descent were sold at one of the largest auctions of humans in American history in Savannah 165 years ago. City and community leaders honored their memory with ...
Roberts, Nancy, and Nancy Roberts. Ghosts of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1988. Discusses the woman in black from the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Schlosser, S. E. Spooky South: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore. "The woman in black (Savannah, Georgia ...
The ship's boilers exploded on June 9, 1859, just beyond Gum Stump Landing, [1] about 20 mi (32 km) above the city of Savannah, Georgia, killing and injuring several people. [2] [3] The steamboat Excel "was in sight" at the time of the explosion and "promptly rendered assistance". [4] The explosion was a cover story in Frank Leslie's ...
Born in 1805, Philip Minis was a physician and scion of an old Savannah family. [1] James Jones Stark was a resident of Glynn County and member of the Georgia state legislature. [2] The friction between Stark and Minis dated at least to the spring of 1832.