United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Camilla, 31.23129, -84.21046Howard, O. H.1868-10-05In her affidavit given to Freedmen's Bureau subassistant commissioner O.H. Howard in Albany, Georgia on October 5, 1868, Maria Jones a thirty-two-year-old freedwoman living near the China Grove Church, gives her account of events on the morning of Sunday, September 20, 1868, the day after the initial outbreak of violence between townspeople and Republicans together with freedmen who came to hold a political rally in Camilla, Georgia. Jones recounts how on that morning she went looking for her son at the home of her neighbor, Sucius Pollard, and hearing that Pollard, like her son, had not been seen since the day before, headed back home, only to see Pollard being chased down and fired at by armed white men with bloodhounds. At the time Jones gave her affidavit, Pollard had not yet been found.Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives.image/jpegtext/htmlcam035Forms part of United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records held by the National Archives.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/African American women--Georgia--Camilla--Personal narrativesAfrican Americans--Georgia--History--19th centuryAfrican Americans--Georgia--Social conditions--To 1964Freedmen--Georgia--Political activityFreedmen--Georgia--Violence againstFreedmen--Georgia--Personal narrativesReconstruction--GeorgiaPolitical violence--Georgia--CamillaMitchell County (Ga.)--Race relationsMitchell County (Ga.)--Politics and governmentUnited States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned LandsJones, Maria, fl. 1868Affidavit of Maria Jones: Albany, Georgia, 1868 Oct. 5Text