Greene County, Georgia
Title | Greene County, Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Mamie Lee Hillman |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738516073 |
Greene County, Georgia, follows the lives of a people once burdened by the yoke of slavery through their struggles and important accomplishments of today. Located 80 miles east of Atlanta, Greene County is a place with a history rooted in faith. It was a site for many churches that began in "brush arbors," spaces where former slaves could gather for worship and express themselves freely. This volume also illuminates some of the area's most influential residents, including Abraham Colby, the county's first African American to serve as representative in the general assembly in 1868, and Dr. Calvin M. Baber, the county's second African-American physician.
History of Greene County, Georgia, 1786-1886
Title | History of Greene County, Georgia, 1786-1886 PDF eBook |
Author | Thaddeus Brockett Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Greene County (Ga.) |
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History of Greene County
Title | History of Greene County PDF eBook |
Author | Thaddeus Brockett Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 806 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Tenants of the Almighty
Title | Tenants of the Almighty PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Franklin Raper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | African Americans |
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The story of Greene county, Georgia, and its unified farm program. cf. Foreword.
Greene County, Georgia
Title | Greene County, Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Greene County Heritage Book Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Greene County (Ga.) |
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How Curious a Land
Title | How Curious a Land PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan M. Bryant |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469617110 |
The story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Greene County, Georgia, is a remarkable tale of both fundamental change and essential continuity. In How Curious a Land, Jonathan Bryant follows the county's social, economic, and legal transformation from a wealthy, self-sufficient plantation economy based on slavery to a largely impoverished, economically dependent community dominated by a new commercial class of merchants and lawyers. Emancipated slaves made up two-thirds of the county's population at the end of the Civil War, and thanks to an able, charismatic, and politically active leadership, they enjoyed early success in pressing for their rights. But their gains, says Bryant, were only temporary, because the white elite retained control of the legal system and used it effectively against blacks. Law also helped shape the course of economic change as, for example, postbellum laws designed to benefit the new commercial elite ensured poverty for most of the county's small farmers, both black and white, by relegating them to the status of sharecroppers and tenants. As a result, the county's wealth, though greatly diminished in the postbellum years, remained concentrated in the hands of a small elite.
Economic Profile of Greene County, Georgia
Title | Economic Profile of Greene County, Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Northeast Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Greene County (Ga.) |
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