- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Camilla Massacre
- Creator:
- Formwalt, Lee W.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-05
- Subject:
- Camilla Massacre, Camilla, Ga., 1868
Massacres--Georgia--Camilla
Camilla (Ga.)--History--19th century
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Southern States
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1970
Georgia--History--19th century
Race discrimination--Georgia--Camilla
Camilla (Ga.)--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Camilla - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Camilla Massacre in Camilla, Georgia. The Camilla Massacre, which took place on September 19, 1868, was one of the more violent episodes in Reconstruction Georgia. Two months earlier, Georgia had fulfilled the requirements of Congress's Radical Reconstruction plan and had been readmitted to the Union, yet in early September, the state legislature expelled thirty-two newly elected members because they were African American. Among those removed was southwest Georgia representative Philip Joiner. On September 19, Joiner, along with northerners Francis F. Putney and William P. Pierce, led a twenty-five-mile march of several hundred blacks and a few whites from Albany to Camilla, the Mitchell County seat, to attend a Republican political rally.
GSE identifier: SS8H6 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/camilla-massacre/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "The Camilla Massacre," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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