- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- George W. Towns (1801-1854)
- Creator:
- Hulett, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 2006-05-26
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia--Macon
Legislators--United States
Plantation owners--Georgia--Macon
Slaveholders--Georgia--Macon
Towns, George Washington Bonaparte, 1801-1854 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about George W. Towns. George W. Towns, a lawyer, legislator, and U.S. congressman, served as Georgia's governor from 1847 to 1851. A Unionist and staunch opponent of nullification when he entered politics in 1829, Towns became governor two decades later as a "fire-eating" secessionist who believed that the federal government was controlled by fanatical northern abolitionists determined to ruin and subjugate the South.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/george-w-towns-1801-1854/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," 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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