- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Whipping Report
- Publisher:
- Spivak, John. Georgia Nigger. New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932.
- Date of Original:
- 1932
- Subject:
- Prisoners--Georgia--Clarke County
African American prisoners--Georgia--Clarke County
Prison discipline--Georgia--Clarke County
Convict labor--Georgia--Clarke County
Flagellation--Georgia--Clarke County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- John Spivak was granted access to offical whipping reports, such as this one from Clarke County, while conducting research for his 1932 novel.
Image of an official whipping report from the Georgia Penitentiary for prisoners in Clarke County, Georgia, August, 1930. The report gives the date, name, and reason for whipping for each convict included.
John Spivak was granted access to official whipping reports while conducting research for his 1932 novel Georgia Nigger, a thinly fictionalized condemnation of Georgia's penal system that unveiled the harsh working conditions and brutal treatment suffered by African Americans in the state's convict camps. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-nigger/m-7727/
- Rights Holder:
- From Georgia Nigger, by J. L. Spivak
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-nigger
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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