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Georgia -- History -- 1775-1865

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85054221

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John Watson Letter, 1818 August 17

 File — Box 4250.001, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter by John Watson to William Rabun, president of the Georgia Senate and acting governor. Watson's letter is a protest to the governor regarding a matter concerning fifty-nine "African negroes." Watson had been given a writ of arrest for the Africans, but was prevented by force from taking them into his custody by "Dr. Charly Williamson and others, acting or claiming to act as the agent of the Executive of Georgia," who intended to "expose" the Africans to...
Dates: 1818 August 17