The unindexed official record of the Negro in Georgia, 1733-1766, 1937

Collection:

Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations

Title:

The unindexed official record of the Negro in Georgia, 1733-1766, 1937

Creator:

Anthony, Marion Ernestine

Date of Original:

1930/1939

Subject:

Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic

Location:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium:

theses
dissertations

Type:

Text

Format:

application/pdf

Description:

In making a study of The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia for facts about the Negro, the writer was amazed at the large number of items included in the Records which were not accounted for in the index. For instance, the index to Volume VIII does not give a single reference to Negroes or slaves, although the book is filled with petitions and land grants depending upon the number of Negro slaves a family possessed. It also tells of the use of Negroes for militia service and the desire to keep Indians and Negroes from mixing. The same is true of Volume X and many of the other volumes. Therefore, this study will deal almost wholly with the unindexed material on the Negro found in the Colonial Records. Of course, certain widely known and generally accepted facts that were listed in the index will also be included in this study. 1 However, even when such facts were listed in the index, much of the interesting discussion and controversy attending them were omitted. As a consequence, one using the index as the sole guide to the Negro in colonial Georgia would miss much revealing and valuable material. 1Law excluding Negroes and the law introducing them into the colony.
Date of award: 6/1/1937
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Arts (MA)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: History

Metadata URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1937_anthony_marion_e

Holding Institution:

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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