United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.367331932John 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.image/jpegSpivak, John. Georgia Nigger. New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-niggerForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-niggerForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaPrisoners--Georgia--Clarke CountyAfrican American prisoners--Georgia--Clarke CountyPrison discipline--Georgia--Clarke CountyConvict labor--Georgia--Clarke CountyFlagellation--Georgia--Clarke CountyWhipping ReportStillImage