United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Young, Jeffrey Robert2003-10-20Encyclopedia article about the role of slavery in Georgia's plantation economy. Discusses the estimated number of slaves at various points in Georgia's pre-Civil War history, the growth of cotton cultivation, role of slaveholders, and the Civil War and end of slavery.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.GSE identifier: SS2H1, SS8H5Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Slavery--Georgia--History--19th centuryGeorgia--Race relations--History--19th centurySlavery in antebellum GeorgiaText