slavery

=Slavery in Newton County=

Thousands of persons of color were enslaved in Newton County from the county's founding in 1821 until late 1864, when General Sherman's forces liberated all those enslaved in the area.

In 1830 Newton county had 513 slave owners. In 1850, 5,187 persons were held in slavery by 647 slave owners.

In 1860, according the U.S. Census slave schedule (the last census before emancipation) 6,460 persons were enslaved, by 756 slave owners..


 * List of slaveowners in 1860
 * Slave Narratives (WPA)
 * The Oberby slaves


 * On line Resources**


 * [|Timeline of Legislation in Georgia related to Slavery and Free Persons of Color]
 * [|Slavery at Emory College] (Oxford)
 * [|"The Myth of Kitty: Paradoxes of Blood, Law and Slavery in a Georgia Community"] (MARIAL Working Paper 001-01) January 2001 - Mark Auslander
 * [|"Reconciliation Begins at Home: Remembering African American Contributions at Emory and Oxford"] Mark Auslander, The Academic Exchange, (Emory University) December 2001/January 2002.
 * [|Healing the wounds of slavery: Ceremony honors memory of Oxford slave Miss Kitty] (Covington News, 6/17/2007)

//For more information about the African-American Historical Association of Newton County, or to share information about the county's African-American history, please contact the association president Mr. Forrest Sawyer, Jr. (770) 788-0792.// //forrestsawyer1@gmail.com//