United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181820-05-26/1821This document contains two newspaper article clippings concerning David B. Mitchell's (Governor of Georgia, 1809-1813, 1815-1817) alleged involvement in the illegal trade of African slaves while he was Creek Indian agent. The first article is dated May 26, 1820 in Washington, Georgia, and it expresses the wish that the charges against Mitchell will be proven false. The second article, dated 1821, reports that Mitchell has been charged with bringing African slaves into Georgia and transporting them to Alabama and has therefore been dismissed as agent for Indian affairs at the Creek agency by the President of the U.S. (James Monroe).Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegkrc132engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 19, folder 37, document 01.Indian agentsUnited States--Office of Indian Affairs--Officials and employees--DismissalMisconduct in officeSlave tradeMitchell, David Brydie, 1766-1837[Article concerning] General D[avid] B. Mitchell's alleged [involvement in smuggling] African slaves into Georgia, 1820 May 26, Washington, Georgia. [Article concerning the dismissal] of General [David B.] Mitchell by the President of the United States [for] having been engaged in the illicit introduction of African Negroes into Georgia and Alabama, 1821Text