Location
Thesis Presentation- College of Arts and Humanities
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Open Access)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Lisa Denmark
Faculty Mentor Email
ldenmark@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
4-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
5-2020 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Program, Thesis Presentation
Description
Though slaves were considered private property, slavery in Savannah was a publicly-funded institution. Slaveholders relied on the city's jail to house slaves who had broken the city's curfew, keep runaway slaves captive, and administer punishment to 'unruly' slaves at their owner's discretion.
Academic Unit
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Shackles and Servitude: Jails and the Enslaved in Antebellum Savannah
Thesis Presentation- College of Arts and Humanities
Though slaves were considered private property, slavery in Savannah was a publicly-funded institution. Slaveholders relied on the city's jail to house slaves who had broken the city's curfew, keep runaway slaves captive, and administer punishment to 'unruly' slaves at their owner's discretion.
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