Title

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.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (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.

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