Black Savannah, 1788-1864

by Whittington B. Johnson

Book Overview

Fourth in the University of Arkansas Press series in Black Community Studies, this examination of the black community of Savannah, Georgia, during the antebellum and the Civil War periods is a groundbreaker. It begins in 1788 with the founding of Savannah's first black public institution, an independent church, and closes in 1864 with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's capture of Savannah and the subsequent end to slavery.

Using a wide range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557285462
• ISBN13: 9781557285461
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"