Shackles and Servitude: Jails and the Enslaved in Antebellum Savannah

Name

• Haley E. Osborne, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Publication Date

4-20-2020

Major

History (B.A.)

Release Option

Open Access

Faculty Mentor

Lisa Denmark

Abstract

My research centers around the use of jails in relation to the African American community in Savannah. I will describe the evolution of the publicly funded jail system and explain how it was used to sustain the institution of slavery.

Copyright

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Recommended Citation

Osborne, Haley E., "Shackles and Servitude: Jails and the Enslaved in Antebellum Savannah" (2020). Honors College Theses. 480.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/480