- Collection:
- Wiregrass History
- Title:
- Mary Turner Project: Slavery Statistics for Lowndes County - Fliers*
- Creator:
- George, Mark
- Date of Original:
- 2014-04-04
- Subject:
- Slavery
United States--Georgia--Lowndes County
African American history - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- By 1860 there were at least 2,399 enslaved people (46% of the total population) in Lowndes County and there were 249 slave owners among the 2,850 white residents (9% of the entire white population of all ages). While some whites owned dozens of people, the most common number of enslaved people owned by white slave owners was 1 person.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1527
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
