- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Thomas Spalding
- Contributor to Resource:
- Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1774/1851
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia
Plantation owners--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Agriculturists--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Businessmen--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Businesspeople--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Men--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Slaveholders--Georgia--Sapelo Island - People:
- Spalding, Thomas, 1774-1851
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomas Spalding, a prominent planter and slaveholder, was an agricultural innovator, amateur architect, and businessman in McIntosh County. Spalding relied on enslaved labor to clear and develop Sapelo Island, which he owned.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/thomas-spalding-1774-1851/m-440/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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