Today in Georgia History
September 19, 1868
The Camilla Massacre
Suggested Readings
Lee W. Formwalt, "The Camilla Massacre of 1868: Racial Violence as Political
Propaganda," Georgia Historical Quarterly 71 (fall 1987).
Lee W. Formwalt, "Petitioning Congress for Protection: A Black View of Reconstruction
at the Local Level," Georgia Historical Quarterly 73 (summer 1989).
Susan E. O'Donovan, "Philip Joiner, Black Republican Leader," Journal of Southwest
Georgia History 4, no. 4 (1986).
George Rable, But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of
Reconstruction," (Athens: University of Georgia Press), 2007.
Image Credits
September 19, 1868: Camilla Massacre
14th amendment to the US Constitution page 2
Accessed from the National Archives “Charters of Freedom”
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
14th Amendment to the US Constitution pg 1
Accessed from the National Archives “Charters of Freedom”
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
African American Man in Suit between 1870 and 1880
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-11062
African American Woman between 1870 to 1880
Library of congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-11064
"Camilla Riot"
Harpers Weekly, October 10, 1868, p.642
Democratic Victory Banner, 1868
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,LC-USZ62-7189
Five Generations of Slaves, 1862
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,LC-B8171-152-A
God Grant Us Peace Poster 1868 Campaign
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-90651
Lincoln Oaks, Albany, MS 1361-PC-LincolnOak
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Mitchell County Whites Stepping on Black Citizen
“This is a White Man's Government.” Harpers Weekly. September 5, 1868, p.568.
Old State Capitol Milledgeville
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,HABS GA,5-MILG,6-1
"Patience on a Monument"
Harpers Weekly, 10 October 1868, p.648.
Reconstruction of the South, 1857
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-02837
"Riot at Camilla"
Albany Semi-Weekly News, 1868 Sept 22, A1
Presented Online by the Digital Library of Georgia
"The Expulsion of the Georgia Members"
Harpers Weekly, September 1868, p 611
"The Modern Samson"
Harpers Weekly, October 8 1868, p 638
"The Odor of the Nigger (Republican) is Offensive"
Harpers Weekly, September 26, 1868, p 616
Warrior Falls-Albany, 1361PC-01
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Where Trout Stike- Albany1361PC-01
Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
White Mans Banner Campaign Song 1868
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-89310