Author: Bullock, Rufus; Turner, Henry McNeal et al.
Title: Condition of Affairs in Georgia. 40th Congress, 3d Session. Mis. Doc. No. 52. House of Representatives
Description: Washington, Government Printing Office, 1869. Disbound. Disbound government document, lacking any wrappers or spine holding it together. 239 pp. all loose but complete. It appears all pages were slightly cropped along the left edge, and perhaps the other edges as well. A US government document providing lengthy testimony on the voter suppression, disenfranchisement and violence encountered by African Americans in the state of Georgia when trying to vote or serve in office. Governor Rufus Bullock opens the testimony, recalling several incidents of violence and intimidation, and discusses the expulsion from state congress of 29 African Americans elected to office. Following his testimony Henry McNeal Turner testifies as to his experiences as a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church working in Georgia. Bullock worked to establish equal rights for African Americans in Georgia, becoming the "most hated man in the state." He left Georgia in 1871 due to threats made by the Ku Klux Klan. GOOD condition. Disbound, with wear as noted above. Presumably ex-library, with a faint library name stamped on the page edges. Uneven toning to the pages, heavy to several. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Americana Civil Rights


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